Hey LapLap, thanks for the 'good' stories. Indeed kids can have upsides. I must admit I have become fairly immune to screaming kids on planes. Before I had them, screaming kids used to wind me up (although like you I would offer to help if I could). But these days as long as they aren't mine, it doesn't affect me that much. I have screaming kids on just about every flight I do at the moment, but I find they are generally only a problem with take-off and landing when they want to move around but can't (it was the same with mine). For the rest, they are fine.