The clever trick to stop children screaming on planes

A WOMAN has revealed the clever trick parents can use to stop their children from screaming on a flight.

Keeping children entertained on a flight isn’t always easy, but one nurse has shared her two-second trick to keeping kids calm.

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Mental health nurse Jennifer Johnson, from experts-on-demand service JustAnswer, said: “Sometimes your child becoming upset in public can’t be avoided. If they do kick-off, the first thing is not to worry too much about what other people think.”

“The second is to ask them to focus on their breathing. Younger children might not understand what you mean by this, so tell them to look at their tummy going up and down.”

By asking children to focus on their breathing, they will be preoccupied with their own actions.

She also encouraged parents to stay positive too.

Jennifer added: “This involves keeping the voice low and smooth. In some cases, a parent might have to pick up their child and take them to a quieter area until they settle down.

“When the child is calm, parents can explain why they’re there and remind them there’s something exciting at the end of the flight.”

Other tips included giving children tasks to complete while on the plane, playing games, and the responsibility of looking after their own bags.

And this isn’t the only inexpensive trick parents have been using to keep their children occupied on flights.

One parent, whose name is Ayelet, runs a parenting blog, providing hints and tips she has picked up from her years working with children in various different jobs.

In a video on Instagram her child Yitzchak is seen ripping bits of tape off the window of a plane.

She explains that it is blue painter’s tape, which can be bought online for as cheap as £1.50.

On Ayelet’s blog, she said that she didn’t bring any toys for Yitzchak to play with for the holiday, claiming they would not have kept him entertained on the flight.

Instead, Yitzchak was provided with the tape, with Ayelet cutting it into strips for him to peel off the window and walls of the plane.

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