I went to the local airport's website to check their guidelines (for our trip in 20 days! Yay!). There were some strongly worded statements regarding discussing with children how they should (and should not) behave. For example, it said that children should be instructed not to say the word "terrorism," among the other more obvious ones.
Now, I sat my kids down and tried to explain to them how serious this is. DD (7) was very concerned that she might want to ask me a question about airline security but did not want to get into trouble for it. DS (4) has Asperger-like tendencies (never been tested, though) and could very well bring up an inappropriate subject (in a loud voice), and refuse to drop it until his question was addressed.
Has anyone heard of cases involving children? I could clamp my hand over DS's mouth and drag him off, but wouldn't that look much worse than his innocent statements? I'm probably worrying more than I need to, but it's always better to consider the worst case scenario than to be unprepared for it.
Lori