I've been the recipient of the occasional acts of kindness, and I certainly try to pass them on. Recently when I connected in ORD, I had plenty of time for the connection. A woman traveling with a walking toddler and a baby in a carseat plus the mandatory carry-on bags for diapers and such was struggling to get loaded back up after getting off the plane. Upon asking and finding out that she needed to change terminals (although I didn't) and had a very tight connection given our arrival was a little late, I offered to carry her bags and car seat so she could carry her baby and take her toddler's hand, making the escalators down to and up from the inter-terminal passageway much more navigable. I figured I need the exercise anyway.

I know people complain about kids sometimes on FT, and sometimes there do seem to be rather indulgent parents that have failed to bring up their kids properly, but generally speaking, I'm very interested in helping make the travel experience a little less painful for parents, especially single parents managing multiple kids. Most of the time, it's not as if they are bringing their kids along on the trip gratuitously....

Great thread to have started, relaxedPax.

[This message has been edited by pshuang (edited 07-21-2001).]