Good Kids on Planes

[inkkognito]

I know there have been countless threads with horror stories of being seated near little hellions. Today I experienced the exact opposite, so I thought I'd share something from a positive perspective.

We flew SW from MCO to MDW this morning. I sat in the window seat of the exit row and didn't pay attention to who was behind me. Other than some normal conversational sounds, I didn't notice much noise back there (of course, I had my headphones on). I felt a couple of bumps/jolts on my seat, but nothing more than what you might feel when a person puts the tray table up or down. Other than that, totally peaceful. I was especially grateful because there was a kid a few rows up shrieking at the eardrum shattering pitch...thankfully, he was far enough from us.

On descent, I hear some whimpering and crying behind me...not much, just some that you might expect of a kid whose ears were bugging them as we were landing, and it stopped pretty quickly. I glanced back, and there was a toddler strapped in a carseat behind me. I would never have guessed it! That kid had been a total angel. I made it a point to tell the parents, "You have got one of the cutest and most well behaved kids I've had the pleasure of sitting in front of."

The horror stories always seem to be the ones that get shared, but it's so nice to see that there are parents who know how to keep their little one amused and mannerly.

 

[maps]

Thanks for sharing. I've been so lucky that my kids have been great on flights ever since they were babies and have always appreciated the compliments. It can sometimes take a lot of work to keep the kids behaving so it's nice when someone mentions it.

 

[RUDisney]

When we were coming home from Punta Cana last summer, my entire family was seated separately. There were 7 of us. Some people traded seats with my 2 kids and my sister so they could sit together. I sat next to an 11 yo boy who was an absolute gentleman. We chatted for a while and he showed me some magic tricks with cards. I told his father at the end of the flight what a fine young man he was raising. Not to mention that he was such a cutie that he'd definitely be a lady killer in a few years.

I know that you're talking about younger kids misbehaving on planes, but sometimes even the older ones can get fidgety and antsy. I was lucky to sit next to one who was neither.