Originally Posted by
SATTSO
BTW, I HAVE done this before, and it works! Hand a crying child a piece of candy does wonders to calm them down while they get through the checkpoint, despite what some of you might think of me for doing it
and yes, I have always asked the parents permission to do so first.
Your supervisors/management allowed you to do so? No criticism here, just curious if you were allowed to do so or told to stop by management. It is a form of "thinking outside the box" and it doesn't seem like TSA appreciates that kind of thinking from ANY of us.