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Airplane Jitters When Traveling With Kids? Just Relax

by Tom Henderson, Posted Mar 19th 2010 1:00PM

Flying with kids doesn't have to be painful. Credit: jyri, Flickr You want to be very careful when you go on an airplane trip with children. Remember the famous case of the McCallister family in 1990? In the rush of the family leaving for Paris, ...
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Airline Sends 10-Year-Old to Wrong State

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jun 18th 2009 3:00PM

Continental sends two kids to wrong destinations. Image: cylonka Bsg/sxc.hu
If your young child has ever flown the friendly skies alone, then you know how stressful that can be for a parent. Putting your kid in the hands of strangers while you go ...
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Ten-year-old takes to the skies

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Aug 25th 2008 2:00PM

In California, the minimum age to get behind the wheel of a car is fifteen and a half, when you can get a learner's permit. There are, it seems, no such restrictions on flying a plane. That's why, even though he's got at least five years before he ...
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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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Airline loses 7-year-old, luggage arrives safely

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Aug 6th 2007 4:02PM

For a company who's slogan is: "Because Owners Care," WestJet is certainly do an awful job of looking after what customers actually care about. Like their kids, for instance. According to this father's website, his 7-year-old son, William, was ...
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Flight attendent freaks out, kicks toddler off plane for talking

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Jul 12th 2007 3:30PM

When I posted previously about a child getting kicked off an airplane because they were out of control and holding up the flight, everyone seemed to agree that the airline did the right thing. But what about when a chatty toddler simply won't stop ...
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Whose family gets to see the baby this Christmas?

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Nov 15th 2006 8:24AM

Argh! In laws! With the holiday season already upon us, emotions are running high. Decisions need to get made and plane tickets need to get bought -- fast! Will you be staying with your family this Christmas, or your spouse's? Maybe you'll be ...
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Blogging Baby Size 6: the top six ways flying is like kindergarten

by Jen Creer, Posted May 8th 2006 9:06AM

Yesterday, I was given a whole new appreciation for a parent/teacher conference I had with my youngest son's teacher when he started kindergarten. She had called the meeting to discuss the fact that my son did not walk down the hall quietly, or stay ...
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My favourite travel gear: the Hammacher Schlemmer Car Seat

by Karen Walrond, Posted Jan 12th 2006 11:47AM

Our first vacation as a family was to Santa Fe, New Mexico.   Our travel plans had us flying in from Houston to Albuqueque, and then taking the scenic 2-hour drive to Santa Fe.  At the time, our daughter Alex was 6 months old, and the ...
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Four year old on terror watch list prevented from boarding plane

by Jay Allen, Posted Jan 6th 2006 4:02PM

Those damn terrorists - they just keep getting more sophisticated! First they were trying to use babies to carry out their nefarious airplane terror schemes. It seems they've realized, however, that infants can't  light the fuse sticking out of ...
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