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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And just cross your fingers and hope for the best. OK.[/quote]

Isn't that what you do when you put her in the car every day?  Kids fly alone every day.  The very few times an unaccompanied flying minor made the news it was because something going wrong is RARE.[/quote]

Presumably, you don't let your six year old ride around in a car in the company of strangers.

Anyway, I don't like this scenario because of all the unknowns-minor (what if kid is sitting near a creep or jerk; what if kid has a potty accident (can happen to even well trained six year olds); what if kid gets sick; what if kid spills drink on self) and major (what if plane is re-routed; what if there is an emergency and kid needs to use the oxygen mask or evacuate the plane).  You can go on and on about how the flight attendent will help, but, the bottom line is that person is a stranger and you have no idea how much they will actually help your kid.  Would you trust a stranger you just met to babysit your kids?  Why is it ok on a plane where that stranger is also responsible for taking care of 100 other people in additon to your kid?[/quote]

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