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On a flight from Europe this summer, a couple who had just adopted two new children (about 18 months and 4 years old) from Russia had the seats behind and next to me.
I was super annoyed. Who wants kicking, screaming children next to you for 9 hours?
The parents were super prepared. Even though they had just gotten the kids, they came with blankets,toys, cartoons on a DVD player, and snacks for them. The kids were really well-behaved and only cried once or twice.
The dad was also really firm with them. All he had to do was say "No" in a strict voice and whatever whining or kicking they were doing stopped.
This reaffirms my belief that it's the parents, not the children. If you're prepared and you are willing to be firm with your kids, they'll behave 99% of the time.
The last flight I was on had two children behind me who meowed the entire 1.5 hour flight. Thank goodness for iPods because the mom did nothing...
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