There's an airline news story circulating widely. That's likely because this is a favourite topic - toddler behaviour on airplanes. A red-eye flight turned back to the gate and was cancelled as it couldn't get revised flight plans submitted in time for last take-off time of 12:30am. What was the toddler delay? Refusing to have a seat belt put on for take-off.
There must have been multiple frustrations here. The crew and parent spent nearly an hour trying to buckle the child. So I guess the plane wasn't sitting there for 2 hours. The toddler and parent deboarded, but then the crew couldn't get new flight plans submitted in time for the 12:30am deadline.
Many people have weighed in on what could have, would have or should have happened. And from far and wide. The Globe had an article on the editorial page. This is a universal theme of parenting, isn't it? Lots of advice on maneuvers to secure the child down. Made me think of wrestling.
Is there a book on physical maneuvers to handle wiggly and squiggly situations. Pretty well, lots of books and ideas. There's the protective hug, which is done from behind, the two-person escort, but that's for standing, the cradle hold but then they are in your arms and not belted in. Finally there's the supportive guide, and that looks like a standing maneuver as well.
Because children get buckled into car seats, strollers and airplane seats all the time, there are instructions for doing this. There are a few methods given for various situations. Many scenarios abound - there's the leg kicker, single parent method, two parent method, and instructions on the strategic setup.
I guess the clock ticking and the buckling not buckling must have been a nail biter for the other passengers.
There isn't any pubic tracking of numbers of children refuse to buckle up on airlines. They do track the number of injuries for people not wearing seatbelts during turbulence - 58 people in the U.S. The underlying statistic is that 7% of passengers admit to rarely wearing their seat belt when flying.
This toddler was trying to get into the statistics book at a very early age.
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