Humorously True...

Let's try and laugh about it a little, especially having the knowledge that in the spring when all 3 airports (and the operations of the airlines that fly from them) should become alot more reliable.

The OP echoes what thousands have been saying for at least a year and the government finally had enough of the shoddy reliability and complaints and is introducing caps on hourly arr/dep at the remaining 2 uncapped major NYC airports.(EWR and JFK)

Early mornings is best for now, but tell your parents they should be able to travel with abandon once again come mid-March.