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'It's kids being kids' - How do you find flying with cranky children?

Researchers from Oxford University found each tantrum on a plane lasts 15 minutes. Parents are being urged to make sure their children nap for 37 minutes, do activities for boredom for 31 minutes, are fed for 19 minutes, and have noise blocked out with music or reading for 14 minutes. Two-thirds of parents surveyed say the idea of flying with a misbehaving toddler fills them with anxiety.  But in reality how hard is it for parents? Henry McKean has been speaking to travelling families at Cork airport...

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14.36 24 Oct 2023


'It's kids being kids' - How do you find flying with cranky children?


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Researchers from Oxford University found each tantrum on a plane lasts 15 minutes. Parents are being urged to make sure their children nap for 37 minutes, do activities for boredom for 31 minutes, are fed for 19 minutes, and have noise blocked out with music or reading for 14 minutes. Two-thirds of parents surveyed say the idea of flying with a misbehaving toddler fills them with anxiety. 

But in reality how hard is it for parents?

Henry McKean has been speaking to travelling families at Cork airport...


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