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...should be banned. On the flight back from Hong Kong to London, a collection of about half a dozen small children conspired to cry, shout, wail and shriek nigh-on constantly. For twelve hours. :-(

I think it's incredibly selfish to take kids on planes when they're too young to understand what's going on, or to behave reliably. Children make noise, that's natural and expected. Forcing hundreds of other people around you to deal with that noise in an enclosed space for extended periods with no way to escape is just wrong, in my opinion.

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Re: Small children on long-haul flights...
Anonymous wrote on Mon, 04 Jun 2012 23:33

I know more than one parent that swears by Benadryl and similar; helps control allergies on a long flight, and as a "side-effect" tends to induce a deep sleeping stupor.

But I agree with the other comment: what alternative would you propose?

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