10 & 12 on a redeye in economy - give me all your tips!

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe sit a few rows away from them so you can see them but they can't see you. My kids will complain at me nonstop if I'm near them but will behave like perfect angels if I'm not right there as their punching bag ready to hear every complaint big or small they may have.

That is really sad to me. Do you know kids sometimes get moles red on planes sitting next to strangers? I work in the industry. Not common, but it happens.

More likely of course is that they will just need something. They are small children and should not have to navigate such a long flight alone, because they annoy you. No wonder kids nowadays have high rates of depression and anxiety .

It is a family vacation, for the good parts and the bad parts. Selfish people make bad parents.

I'm not worried about that at all given my kids ages. My kids did perfectly well with us sitting a few rows behind. I feel more sorry for the kid who would freak out and be overcome with anxiety that they can't be separated for a flight. Your kids are depressed and anxious due to your overbearing helicopter nature.

And we all know your "work in the industry" means you're not remotely close to being in the front line as a pilot or flight attendant. You work in some back office anywhere counting widgets.

Except I review police reports from in-flight infractions.

True stories of kids (or adults witnesses) who report strangers touching kids in the seat next to them. So I think my intel might be a little more frontline than yours. And I am trying to protect kids here.

Bullshit. I don't believe you for a second helicopter mommy.

I don't read in-flight reports, but considering how grown men touched me when I was metro-ing to school as a kid, I can fully believe it. If you want to let your kids sit away from you, that's fine... but you need to have a little conversation first about that kind of event unfolding, and what to do about it.

It also happened to me, as a teen, on a train.

People don’t want to know about the dark underside of society, and children suffer as a result.

Pedophiles take planes. Children left to their own devices in public (like in the internet) are vulnerable

Reading this is making me nervous. We will be going on a flight to HI and the seats are configured 2 by 2. I will be sitting by my youngest and then my 14 year old will be in the window seat in front of us. Now I am concerned about him sitting next to a rando for that long.

This thread has gone off the rails. There is really nothing to worry about. My teens fly all the time. With us (we don't sit right next to each other usually) and alone as young travelers (youngest is 14). Nothing remotely sketchy has ever happened. I'm sure the nervous nellies will chime in and say there is always a chance. Sure there is but in 99.9% of the time nothing is going to happen.