Reply #143: I know what is age appropriate.

[MissB]

And a toddler repeating "bye bye plane" over and over and over is certainly appropriate.

Suggesting that child should be drugged (as the flight attendant apparently did) isn't.

I have two very well behaved kids - well beyond the toddler stage now. I get comments all the time on how polite they are and how well behaved they are. I'm not a perfect parent, but I certainly recognize that redirecting a toddler aged child is an effective way to deal with the "bye bye plane" situation. Telling a kid that age to "shut up" isn't appropriate parenting. Expecting a child that age to be quiet for a consistently long period of time isn't realistic.

Unless you use a switch or your hand. You can probably beat them into submission, but then again I don't consider that positive parenting.

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