Jay Honeck wrote:

That's the way we do all first flights with kids.Â*Â*ThereÂ*hasÂ*toÂ*beÂ*a
"designated parent" on board, just in case.

I've only had one kid start to flip out while on his first ride, and I was
glad his mom was there to calm him down.Â*Â*ByÂ*theÂ*endÂ*ofÂ*theÂ*flight,Â*heÂ*was
fine, but it sure would have sucked having him sitting behind me
whimpering.

In my case, it's not just first flights. I'm not sure when I'll stop doing
this, but so far it is for every flight.

And it's not just for the melt downs (though of course for that too), but
for little things like "I want water" or "I want pretzels" or "I want to
rewire the audio panel".

- Andrew

P.S. Of course, this also works for me because my wife is my
favorite passenger.