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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Worst ages:[b] from when the kid starts walking - until when they can be entertained by a full movie on the plane.[/b]

For us, a huge turning point was when the youngest was 4. Suddenly we’re not packing diapers, strollers or pack n plays, and the kids all have an attention span. I remember the first flight after that turning point, and I didn’t know what to do with myself on the plane for a bit since they were so calm and entertained! I started packing a book for me to read again. I’ll have to check in again when I have moody tweens soon to let you know if it goes back downhill then 😂. 
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Totally agree. The worst for plane travel was 9 months through about 2.5 years.[/quote]

It is physically hard when they’re 18 months - 4 or so. Gotta carry them, occupy them, deal with naps and tantrums and using the potty. But there is no doubt that when they enter the classic detachment years of 12-15 or so, you have a mental battle. They don’t want to go. They think you’re boring. The activities bore them. They have a crappy attitude. All of this is developmentally appropriate and really, really challenging when you just want a nice family vacation and know they’ll appreciate the experience one day in the (far) future but in the meantime have to deal with their crappy attitude and sighing and complaining. Humans are complicated, there’s no permanently easy stage [/quote]

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