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Do You Strap Your Baby In on the Plane?

by Brett Singer, Posted Dec 9th 2010 11:32AM

Does your bundle need his own seat? Credit: Getty Images
Parents who travel with babies are being encouraged to strap their little bundles of joy into a seat. USA Today reports that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is pushing ...Parents who travel with babies are being encouraged to strap their little bundles of joy into a seat.
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Offering to help when it may not be wanted

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Nov 17th 2007 11:00AM

My colleague recently had an anxious experience on a 5 hour flight from New York to San Francisco. It wasn't turbulence or dirty airplane blankets or even a snoring businessman encroaching into her seat -- it was a stressful family situation she ...
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Prioritizing memories

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Oct 30th 2007 11:32AM

We were in the car, driving past the airport on our way home from swim class. I pointed out the planes to the kids as we went by, as I often do. After all, what kid doesn't like airplanes? "Daddy, what's the biggest plane in the world?" asked ...
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Anything to declare? Only this baby we had mid-flight

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Aug 24th 2007 3:01PM

So you're a little less than 6 months pregnant, and you decide to take one last vacation before your life is consumed by the responsibilities of parenthood. But then the unthinkable happens, and you go into labor on the plane. Honestly, it's hard to ...
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Keep your kids busy for $1 or less

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jul 30th 2007 9:58AM

Sometimes, turning on the television is all too easy an answer for giving kids something to do. Sure, there is good stuff on the telly, but there are plenty of better things to do. If you can't think of any, lifehacker has a list of ten of 'em for ...
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Product Recall: Sky Rangers Park Flyer Radio Control Airplanes

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jul 25th 2007 9:10AM

Estes-Cox Corp., of Penrose, Colorado, in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, is voluntarily recalling their Sky Rangers Park Flyer Radio Control Airplanes. The planes have a tendency to explode and, because they are launched by ...
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British Airways limits where children can sit

by Rachel Mosteller, Posted Nov 7th 2006 8:05AM

British Airways has an unusual rule when it comes to children on their airplanes. According to the airline, children are not allowed to sit next to adult males that they do not know, even if the child's parents are on the flight. Yes, you read that ...
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Leaving on a jet plane, how to tell a 2 year-old?

by Heather Craven, Posted Oct 16th 2006 8:00AM

Tomorrow I have to get on a plane that will take me away from my children four three and half days. It is not a mandatory trip, rather a much needed pleasure break to help me recharge my engines. When I used to work outside the home I had to travel ...
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How old should kids be before they fly solo?

by Jen Creer, Posted Jul 12th 2006 9:32AM

My kids have flown many times... with me or their father. My parents live in Utah, we are in Missouri, and with gas prices, it's usually just as cost effective to fly as to drive. But I haven't yet let any of them fly out for a visit by themselves, ...
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