Originally Posted by
davidcalgary29
At this point in these types of threads, someone usually offers the suggestion of tranquilization either through liberal application of gravol and/or prescription medication, so I thought I'd do the honours.
My mother-in-law attempted that with a couple children she was helping another relative bring to their new home from an orphanage in Romania... seems Benedryl sometimes has the opposite effect from that intended. Instead of sleepy children on a TATL flight they had wired, cranky kids.
On a serious note though, unless a prescription was written for the child(ren), giving it to them is 1) a violation of US federal law (and probably many other countries laws too) and 2) potentially dangerous.