<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ermdjdsj:
I was chatting with a co-worker after Christmas, and she told me she and her husband and 3-year-old girl had flown back east for the break. She said with great regret that she felt "so bad" for the person sitting in front of her little girl because her child spent the entire flight repeatedly kicking the seat in front of her. When I said (in a friendly way) "You're the mother, you're in control of whether there is kicking or not," she replied, surprised, "Not on a 4.5 hour flight, I can't."
Are there are parents out there who CAN control the kicking of their children? If so, how do you do it? Am I being unreasonable to suggest she COULD control it (if she were sufficiently motivated)?</font>
You are being a tiny bit unreasonable actually. Because many times stopping the kicking comes at the expense of another even more infuriating behavior like screaming or running. Only way to really stop this is distraction, change the topic etc. That's a lot of work. I personally will make every effort to keep my child well-behaved. my child has even been complimented several times. but it comes at the expense of myself getting little if any rest on the flight.
The other option is a good dose of PediaCare or Benadryl...no harm, no foul...
