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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a parent who has flown with my two kids since they were infants.  It is indeed possible to teach even small children to behave on planes and not bother those around them.  It takes a little advanced planning to ensure that you have activities that will engage your kids (and not electronic toys that annoy people with their noises), and it takes energy while you're on the flight to help keep them entertained.  But that's a parent's job.  [/quote]

Yes. Be prepared with many activities and snacks, clear about limits, and engage/distract. Sure, I miss the days of getting on a night flight with a magazine and a drink and then putting on my eyemask for 5 hours. We've had a few flights that have been a lot of work. On an awful flight where DC2 cried and cried, at least people could see we were trying to calm the kid down. And that is what I find frustrating when I travel. The parents who are oblivious to what their kids are doing or see it and don't give a flying @$%! that their kids are annoying others.

More than once, we have shared our activities and engaged with random children who were going a little nuts. On one flight, two flight attendants came by to thank me for it, and on another a fellow passenger bought me a drink! [/quote]

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