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- Subject: RE: first plane trip
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.093645.6540@gw.wmich.edu>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 09:36:44 EST
- Organization: Western Michigan University
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- Hi all!!
-
- after reading some of the other stories about kid's first plane trips,
- I thought I'd add my own.
- At the time, son Kevin was 3 1/2 and daughter Erin was 2 1/2, and we
- were taking a plane from Detroit Metro to Kansas City Intl?
- The kids were excited about being inside the plane, but when Kevin was
- getting settled into his seat he had a worried look on his face. Then
- he asked "Mommy, is THIS plane going to crash??" Some really horrible thoughts
- about that possibilty ran through my mind, and I wasn't sure what the "right"
- response should be.
- I finally answered "Noooo, of course not!!", to which he replied, "oh, ok!!"
- and proceeded to settle in for a good time, with a big smile replacing the
- anxious look he'd had before.
- I found a little simple reassurance went a long way, rather than trying to
- reason things out ....or admitting that there ways always that distinct
- possibility!!!
-
- Parri * smile *
-