Reply #75: Thanks for your post, kiranon. As a parent of so-called "normal" children,

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I can well imagine the stress that parents of "different" children must be under. What kind of growing child does well having to sit still for hours on end? I have to question the parenting skills of many of those who are expounding on what this mother should have done -- even though none of us know the exact details of the children's behavior.

I do know that flight attendants aren't universally sweet and patient; some of them have even been known to kick nursing mothers and babies off the plane. And then there was the 2 year old who was doing nothing more than looking out the window and saying "bye bye" (in an ominous way!)

Without more facts, I would never presume to judge this mother; and, even with more facts, I would probably be thinking -- I'm glad I didn't have to face her situation. Flying with my own kids was hard enough.