abgd wrote:
He's fairly relaxed about it - but 40 hours door to door for the Australia trip and I think any toddler can be excused a tantrum or two.
Not necessarily much fun for anyone, parents or bystanders, but part of that live-and-let-live thing.
He might be
'fairly relaxed' about it, but what entitles you to expect
'bystanders' to excuse a toddler's
'tantrum or two' in the close confines of an airliner?
There used to be an expression "Too young to travel" - meaning that parents kept their spawn behind doors until they could be trusted to behave properly. Yet nowadays, serial brat-breeders seem to expect everyone to tolerate any antics of their offspring.
Children should be seen, but not heard!