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  • drug the living shit out of them. pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp­pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp­pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp­pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp­pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp­pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp­please.?

  • if I were sedated without my consultation or consent I'd be pretty pissed off and so would any of you...it's a violation of any person's sense of humanity to be drugged for this purpose...idk what makes kids so much LESS human that people can find justification in this practice. It might be good for everyone on the plane but I'm not so sure about the kids who have to feel the effects. Benadryl may be OTC but it's still toxic and should ONLY be used to treat what it's meant for: allergies

  • @beautifulmind546 I month later it comes out that Jani Schofield is not only being drugged with antipsychotics but in addition her father Michael is now justifying dosing her with adult sized doses of benedryl. See his admission of this on his blog janisjouney(dot)org blog for 6/28/11. This pretty much proves Jani is not being drugged for unverifiable psychiatric condition but to shut her up. This is child abuse.

  • It's not about parents disciplining their kids.... when you have a young child on a long flight-where he's supposed to stay seated without running or playing-they'll find ways to Distract themselves-Yes sometimes that causes them to act out!!

    Also a lot of kids will have a hard time sleeping on the plane-and if it's along flight Benadryl might help relax him enough to have some rest!

    I

  • My son had chronic ear infections & allergies. His eardrums ruptured twice; extremely painful. They put tubes in his ears. Our pediatrician told us whenever we traveled--whether by car or plane--giving him Benadryl made the trip easier ON HIM. It reduces sinus pressure, helps prevent pain and allergies to changing environment. It shouldn't be for behavior modification, but if it makes the child feel better, prevents illness or pain, it should be up to the parent and child's doc how to handle it.

  • If the parents don't knock them out, someone else might.

  • Why shouldn't parents drug their annoying kids on flights. It's completely safe and makes the flight more pleasurable for everyone involved. I don't see why this is even a moral debate. It should not be a debate at all.

    I regularly drug myself myself on long distance bus trips and would not hesitate to do this to my own children if only for the sanity of those around me. People are way to overprotective of their children these days. If I owned an airline this would be mandatory.

  • @harrygstewart OK i understand that it might help some parents but it should NOT be mandatory. Some kids are well behaved i think that if the child can not behave and the parents cant control the child then it should be mandatory.

  • @harrygstewart

    if you owned an airline, I'd own the skies and kick each one of your planes out of it..

  • well if u properly discipline your kids they wont act up in public

  • Benadryl ftw! Keeps everyone happy, even the kids.

  • hey... great idea... the parents get controll of their kids and then you don't have to drug them. Why do retarded parents always go for the easy option, what's next? arsenic?

  • It's a individual choice, but the concern I have when does it stop, a little Benadryl here, maybe a little more later, bribing them with treats if they behave on the plane. I would much rather sleep or read, but I took on the responsibility as a parent to PARENT

  • crazy american, arnt they funny

  • I see no problem with it at all

  • A joint is good also

  • I've always fallen alseep on the plane anyway.

  • If you feel you are not properly sedated, call 348-844 immediately. Failure to do so may result in prosecution for criminal drug evasion.

  • I'm a RN and give my patients Benadryl to help them sleep and or relax. No problem with children as long as the dose is age and weight appropriate.

  • Let parents do what they want.

    It's not like Benadryl is very irresponsible anyways.

    It's freakin over the counter allergy meds, just don't take more than recommended or you will get FUCKED UP.

  • heck i use benadryl on myself when flying.

    my parents used to dip my passifier in wine. I'm not an alcoholic (rarely drink actually).

    there's a lot worse things out there happening to children..

  • Benadryl isn't so bad, it reduces the chance that the child will have an allergic reaction to anything, reduces the chances of runny nose ect, and yes it does sedate. It's disturbing that the sedative property is what they were after.

    Compared to schools getting children on drugs that make them psychotic or cause severe depression and anxiety disorders, and compared to the brutal abuse child psychiatric wards inflict upon children, this just seems so minor. Maybe I'm just desensitized.

  • No, you are not "desensitized" but rather well informed and caring. Thanks for writing. Folow us on Twitter if you wish: @travelpostcard

  • i think if a baby has had problems on a flight before why not try something that would aid in the flight. benedryl is pretty safe it's not like they smoked em up or something

  • I'm not sure I agree with the line, "as they see fit." That's pretty open-ended and potentially dangerous. No?

  • In my opinion, kids should be mandatorily drugged before being aloud to fly.

  • and that its wrong to call a spanking abuse a parent should have the right to disciplien their child as they see fit but not out of anger but to make the child see if it continues there will be consequences

  • In what way stupid?

  • this is stupid

  • i drug myself i get airsick on long flights and i cannot sleep on planes without them

  • benedryl??

    Why not phenergan, works a charm.

  • Lmao

  • i think he had it right- no kids at all

    that means GET AN ABORTION PEASE

    THANK YOU

  • Adults first

  • Just give them cannabis brownies.

  • to subliminalziggen;

    LOL @ cop and wife reference.

  • Dunno...

  • Did they die

  • I'm sure you're not...but who knows :)

    I think the real question is are there not other, more creative ways to entertain kids, and is Benadryl a first step to stronger drugs? Thanks for writing. Watch our other TVPs

  • NO! people that feel they have to drug their own children - are immoral! i think they are just afraid of what other people think "O MY GOD THAT'S A BAD MOMMY" just because the child cries.

    they are children - that's what they do! "SUCK IT UP LIKE A BIG GIRL OR BOY AND DEAL WITH YOUR CHILDREN and the fact that you WERE A CHILD ONCE - would you want your mommy drugging you?"

    and all you that agree with the last statement -"not have children at all"

    tell your mom that

    you people make me sick!

  • Pretty strong stuff, Alethei! Good to have strong opinions, but maybe a little more copmpassion would help. No?

  • I think i have compassion to an extent - but my degree has been cooling down over the time of reading other moms respond to this video!

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  • I am a mother of two wonderful drug free children - 6 and 4. they are wonderful because i have compassion and patience with them, they are high honors and beautiful, full of positive energy - they light up the room, when they walk in and everyone seems to enjoy their presence while flying half way across the world "DRUG FREE"....

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  • i am not ever ashamed of their behavior - if they step out of line i simply correct them, if they are bored i simply entertain them, if they are hungry i simply feed them and if they are sick or hurting i simply love and care for them

    They need a Mother and/or a father that love them enough NOT TO DRUG THEM!

    my compassion settles in children - my anger overfills in perversion and Drugging children is a negative perverse way to control the child!

    just my opinion - that's all its just my truth!

  • yes yes i would and i specifically asked for it becuz i grew up AND GOT MY ASS FUCKING BEAT thats what should happen ill admit it i was a fuckign brat and i got my ass fuckign beat fuckign idiots like u god fucking dam

  • ummmm i don't beat my kids - where did you come up with that conclusion?

    or are you saying you fuckde idiots like me and got beat....by us while fuckn?

    and yeah if your old enough and lame enough to ask for it than go right ahead and sedate yourself - but little ones that have no control over the situations, should not be tortured by having drugs crammed down their throat!

    id beat you too if you called me an idiot, at least you admit your mistakes!....

  • umm did u even read what i put?

  • yea i think sooo - wait did i read your response wrong????

    i thought you said "yes" "yes" that you would drug your children..."IM CONFUSED _ SORRY!!!!"

    i guess i just dont understand your comment -

  • no i did say that if ur child was terribly bad u should BEAT THEIR FUCKING ASS like i was beaten as a child and as a child i would sedate myself during long trips i had extrememe problems while in a car for a long time

  • Wow... And you liked being beaten as a child? With foul language, and massive attitude - I'd be concerned my child would end like you!

    No, all children are different, and each should be treated accordingly. However, I do not agree on drugging or hitting a child unnecessarily.

  • i meant within reason and that comment was old.. so im guessign you are trolling

  • I was a child at one time yes. But I was a quite child.

  • I don't know about how powerful Benadryl is, but I remember as a child asking my mother (when I found out there were such things) for drugs that would put me to sleep so I did not have to endure the boredom of a 6 hour flight to New York or wherever. Every now and again she would give me one, and given that these vacations were rare and the pills in small quantity, I don't believe I've been permanently damaged.

  • its a good idea, drug em, its benadryl, not tranquilizer

  • You got that right! I've been on a couple of flights with bratty kids before. KNOCK EM OUT WITH BENADRYL!!!!!!!! Its safe.

  • I was thinking Chloroform, I guess Benadryl makes more sense... less drastic..lol.....if you've ever been on a flight with screaming kids, you probably thought baseball bat. Why is it that some people need to impose their own beliefs on others... if you think putting your kid to sleep is immoral then don't .. let others raise their kids their own way... let natural selection do its thing before the idiots take over

  • lol yep I think of baseball bat :)

  • Thanks for writing. There is as you see no shortage of opinions or feelings in this subject. Who would have thought!

    Watch our other TVPs..and thank you

  • Altho I wouldn't necessarily do this to my own children, I can understand why other parents might and I do NOT think there is anything wrong in it. Consider whats best for the child. Is it in the childs interest to leave them to their distress, frustration, boredom, fear ect? I dont think so. Its much kinder to give them something to ease them through the flight. If its done in da to day life then yes I'd be disturbed, but not something exceptional like this. I'd say its good parenting.

  • Well, maybe so. But that seems like the easy way out. How about an opinion at least?

    Thanks for writing

  • Why not?

    I fucking hate it when I have to sit there defencelessly with that little shit crying for something stupid like toys and their tiny cake stuffed ears hurting. Kids are menace! If the medical proffesions have no opinion, it could be because they are not giving a shit, or it's the right thing to do.

    DRUG THEM!

  • I think the medical profession refusing to comment is more of a moral issue they don't want to touch rather than refusing definitive medical advice. I mean, why wouldn't it be safe if we can give kids benadryl anyway for allergies? If docs said it was safe they could be perceived as committing to a moral position on this rather than strictly providing medical advice for parents to use. That would put their asses on the line in the eyes of the general public and no doc wants that...

  • you obviously have no kids and are probably very young- ive flown twice when my daughter was only 3 and 4. its all about how the parents prepare them for a flight; plenty of coloring books; & other things they can bring on to keep them occupied. youde be amazed at just how well just doing the right thing works! your obviously not very well-informed; because there ARE airlines that have stopped & kicked a family off with a misbehaving child. drugs arent the answer you idiot.

  • Brainheal is full of shit guys and is messing with you guys. He or she keeps saying its in Exodus and yet cannot quote anyting from it.

    There are people on You tube that mess with people.

  • This is true, I tend to buy into it too much sometimes...

  • Very helpful but where would you be!

  • Hip hip horray for phenergan. All kids below the age of 10 should be drugged before allowing them to fly long haul. It's not fair on the other passengers.

    Last advice is great; don't have kids at all!

  • ya you are sooooooo right!

    they should have told your mom the same thing!

  • If it is the case that people who masturbate die before 50, then why are there so few deaths around that age in the U.S. population?

    Why don't the death rates in the U.S. start to really pick up until 75?

    Shouldn't there be a huge bump of deaths at 40-50 for all of those people who masturbate frequently, die, and could therefore not get diagnosed with schizophrenia or depression?

  • you are wrong.

    people do not die when they reach 40 or 50 but just die between 16-50 depending on the severity of addiction.

    take 90% of people who died before 50 and you will get the real result of masturbation.

  • There are not enough people dying 16-50 to have a significant effect on schizophrenia cases. More and more people should get it as time goes on. But they do not.

    You have no evidence to back up your claims.

    Logic defeats your claims.

    You have often cited how after abstaining from masturbation schizophrenics are cured. There is a simple explanation: Experimenter's Bias. You want the results to conform to your false ideology. So you and others make them fit it.

    You are a bad person.

  • logic is what is not used when a brain is

     washed by marketing of medical business.

    try to use your own brain instead of using false

    and ready-to-use notions.

    addiction is denied by suffering person.

    this is the main feature of addiction.

  • Your ideas proving illogical and false, you fall back to personal attacks. You accuse me of not using my mind yet you will not accept that you are wrong.

    You have the conclusion in your head and warp the facts to fit it. I look at the facts and make conclusions based on them.

    I realize that this likely disproves the foundations of your livelihood. So I understand why you ignore facts and make up others. You are, however, hurting people by do so.

  • what you call facts is nothing but

    medical marketing crap.

    children who are not told that masturbation

    is a brain torture suffer from multiple illnesses

    and die young. This is a very sad fact.

  • So a global scientific cover-up of data is occuring. Death rate, mental disorder rates, pretty much anything, are fictitious.

    Your idea though is not based on facts. Your idea is based on...well, it's based on...

    If it's not based on facts what could it possibly be based on...

  • this is based on the fact that plenty of people

    recovered from depression just by

    understanding that their addiction was the

    cause of their suffering.

    depression takes less than 2 months without sex, schizophrenia takes much longer but

    usually dissapears after 3-18 months.

    the key to health is undestanding the simple idea of life. Sex gives life and takes it.

  • As I said before, experimenter's bias.

  • haha... you're nuts.

    Alot of Taoist men control their orgasim (do not ejaculate) while pleasing their partner(female) as much as possible. They do this for health reasons. Ejaculating is considered a waste of qi (energy)

  • ejaculating is a waste of copper - which is crucial for nervous system and metabolism of lipids.

    But you may have enough of copper from diet (beef, liver, lettuce, some fishes) and still be ill

    as your brain is constantly tortured.

    Health is calm AND copper, not calm OR copper.

  • Are you nuts? I don't get it. Whose brain is constanly tortured? Life isn't something that's unbearable.

    So it would be a good idea to train not to ejaculate when having an orgasm then. Orgasms are, infact, healthy.

  • you don't get it.

    children masturbate - this is a torture for young brains. As a result they get ADHD, depression

    and plenty of other diseases.

    when you finally get it - you understand why medical business is promoting masturbation as normal and healthy - it gives them a healthy

    thousands of billions in income.

  • Ok, I'm still bothered by your persistient BS. If you can go onto either PubMed or Psyc Info or any other legitimate resource and find a study that finds evidence that "masturbation increases the risk of clinical depression in males", and post a url to the site, I will believe you. Should you either choose not to do this or do not do so within one week I will condemn any further comments from you as being worthless. Whether you like it or not, you need evidence to support any claim.

  • PubMed 7 PsychInfo are drug sellers so it is a very silly attitude to expect any reliable info from them.

    Reliable info is in Exodus.

    Reliale proof is that most of suffering people recover when they do not masturbate for 2 months.

    This period is named Pascha in Chritian and Jews.

    Masturbation is like alcoholism based on denial - one cannot recover without truth.

  • *sigh*, no, they're not. PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's index of medical literature, and PsycInfo is an index of the vast majority of existing psychological literature by the American Psychological Association. They are not pharmaceutical companies, although they do index some studies that have been funded by pharmaceutical companies (as they have to to be neutral).

  • Very well, I knew you wouldn't be able to do this because I am a third year psychology student and odds are that if I, with my knowledge of research methods, can't find these articles, there is frankly no way in hell that you can taking into account the academic level which you have demonstrated.

    Naturally, I strongly advise everybody viewing this video to ignore this person.

  • what you call "academic methods" is nothing but

    brainwashing young brains of future drug sellers.

    It is a pitty it took only 3 years to wash your brain.

    Children do not need drugs but need sexual hygiene and circumcision.

  • people who masturbate never get old - they often die before 40 (man) and 50 (woman).

    senior citizens get depression as their brains get very old and their nutrition is poor.

    My Grandma is 96 and has no depression as she eats beef and fishes away from dairy crap.

  • Dude, halve the dosage and get me a kilo.

  • Appreciate your viewpoint! Thanks for writing. What was the "drug of choice" in the 20s and 30s?

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  • Whisky.

  • I see nothing wrong with this, as long as it is safe for the child and they are monitored. The child is arguably more comfortable by being less anxious and so are the parents and everyone around them. I really think this is just some idiot trying to link this practice with the anti-psychiatry bullshit that seems to be popular to believe in these days. This practice is not new, parents have been doing this for years and it was especially common back in the 20s and 30s.

  • That's pretty strong stuff you've been through. Very sorry. Your point is a good one but still doesn't answer the question about its rightness.

    Thanks for writing!

  • I've been flight attendant for ten years. I've had many parents and passengers wishing they had a benadryl While their child screamed for five hours cross country on a packed red-eye. It's not like anyones suggesting parents give their children a few xanax and some Jack Daniels in their sippy cups! I hope you always get the seat in front of the child that screams for the entire flight while kicking your seat back and then vomits on descent.

    y

  • Yeh it's better to go around seeing things that are not there and hearing voices or maybe committing suicide or murder then taking proscribed drugs to give you a better quality of life. Alot of those drugs save lives as well. Children and medicating then before a flight . Again you have a whole host of issues with every child being different. Their ears hurt,fear, missing a nap. Has anyone ever sat next to a person who had to much to drink. Give me a crying child anytime. lol

  • unloved children seek warmth and love in masturbation. They torture their brains, get addicted and depressed.

    Later in life schizophrenia and/or suicide comes.

    It takes 6-8 weeks without sex for the brain

    to rest, regenerate and recover from depression.

    Schizophrenia requires no sex for 3-18 moths to fully recover.

    medical business makes thousands of billions on claiming that masturbation is healthy.

    be healthy and make sure your friends are

    healthy and happy.

    best of all!

  • dude jerking off is fun why would you say that? Are you some religious activist or something?

  • masturbation makes almost 20% population depressed, later in life some people get schizophrenia, chldren get Adhd and sts commit suicides. Young people have borderline.

    Masturbation is totruring your brain.

    It is biological fact that was incorporated in some religions.

  • well i dont have adhd and havent committed suicide so I guess Im a part of the awesome 80 % that gets to play hide and go fuck my self

  • you are only the guy who didn't destoryed

    all your dopamine-producing neurons yet.

    The time will show you how it works.

  • I don't believe you. Over masturbation is bad, but regular sexual behavior is healthy

  • the problem is that it is a gradual process of brain stem degeneration.

    Sex twice a month is ok but masturbation twice a day is just a suicide.

    Children commit suicides just because fooled by medical business parents do not tell them not to do it.

    People have sex and it is ok, but addiction to masturbation is a dadly disease of out times.

  • Guy, you're an idiot, I know for a fact that you have NO legitimate empirical evidence to support your claims, so shut the fuck up.

  • only idiots and doctors may expect empirical evidence for obvious facts.

    Do you need evidence for Sun and Earth?

    Children will die of depression and suicides as long as stupid doctors will wait for evidence from drug sellers that their drugs are useless when children is not masturating.

    medical business makes thousands of billions on dying children and young adults.

    They will never publish the truth as that would be the end of the business.

    Think you own brain my friend.

  • The Sun and Earth are not ideas. They are objects.

    What you are saying is an idea. One that is highly questionable and also quite clearly false.

  • there is a very strong proof.

    Anyone who has no sex/masturbation for

    6-8 weeks recovers from ADHD, depression,

    bowel disease and plenty other "modern" illnesses.

    Some nations are healthy as they tell their children that masturbation gradually kills.

  • What nations do that?

    I strongly question your 'evidence'.

    If females masturbate less than males, then why are they afflicted with depression more?

  • females do not masturbate less, they just admit it less frequently.

    males do not seek doctors advice as frequently as females.

    Your statistics-based "knowledge" is a pure crap.

    neurons die if they are overexcited.

    This is the way the nature makes sure no

    individual dominates the population with

    his genes.

  • Ok, let us assume almost all females masturbate and men have vast amounts of undiagnosed depression.

    Why do castrated men get depression?

    Your idea suggests that there is a cumulative effect. Each time someone masturbates then one becomes more susceptible to depression and schizophrenia.

    So then, why is it uncommon for people to be diagnosed with schizophrenia past the age of 30?

    Shouldn't there be relatively few teenage cases and huge amounts of depression in senior citizens?

  • some people masturbate twice a month and some twice a day. This is the difference between health and illness.

    The other factor is food - some people have strong nerves as they eat beef and lettuce

    and some have weak as they eat bread, butter and milk.

    People castrated after reaching sexual maturity do not loose libido. They can torture their brains just like others.

    masturbation is addiction just like alcoholism with all its denials. The difference is that sex kills much more quickly.

  • Shouldn't there be relatively few teenage cases and huge amounts of depression in senior citizens?

    senior citizens never really got addicted to masturbation. This is why they were able to get old. Addicted people die relatively young

  • America drugs kids for not being adults all the time. Schools, parents, it's tragic.

  • yeah don't do benadryl especially if your a parent giving it to your kid. It isn't physically addicting, but mentally unstable people that grow up taking any kind of drug get used to it. Weed is alright, but people that recreationally use benadryl DIE. It fucks you up.

  • Very helpful comment. Thanks!

  • You are an idiot. I've never heard of anyone on diphenhydramine(active ingredient in benadryl) dying unless they were intentionally trying to kill themselves. I've used benadryl to get high many times, with previous mental conditions and it has actually helped out my conditions. I have fewer panic attacks and fewer episodes of schizophrenic hallucinations.

  • ok well I have tripped on diphenhydramine and when you hallucinate it looks fucking real and it is really really scary. Maybe its different for every person, idk, but I know what I saw and I know that if there's a possibility of having hallucinations like that then it isn't safe.

    oh and fuck you by the way you don't have to call me an idiot just because you disagree with my opinion. jerk off

  • i'd sooner listen to my kid scream then give drugs to them to keep them "calm" during travel! they are restless cuz they are friggin bored with tons of sweaty, smelly people all around them! what do you expect! Bring a book, gameboy,personal dvd player with fav. movies. that is better then drugging your kid!

  • i can see why people think this is a bad idea, but it does not hurt the kid unless he/she is allergic. Which the parent would know if he/she is. it may not look great form other people's p.o.v. but at least you kid is not annoying other people.

  • "what kind of parents, Drugs their kids"

    Crazy, Inpatient, irresponsible, Didnt wear condoms when had sex kind of parents.

  • There is already a good tool to keep children respectful and to teach them responsibility for their actions:

    THE ROD OF DISCIPLINE

    If you hate your children, never discipline them.

  • Psycho.

  • I agree drug loud annoying kids, should use heroin instead of benadryl. Nothing worse than a loud crying kid on a 10h flight when you want to get some rest & peace. I also agree that there should be family sections on board the airplane don the back, sound sealed compartment.

  • How about just shooting them??

  • Right. But why would anyone do that??

    Cheers and thanks for writing

    tvp

  • take 24 benadryls. you'll see shit and talk to ppl who arent even there. trust me

  • wow this is so fuckin retarded who gives a shit

  • Seems like 10,000 people do here, the Wall St. Journal, lots of parents and docs.

    Too bad you don't.

    Thanks for writing

    TVP

  • Go get em, but don't give them to your kids on flights!!

    tvp

  • man i use benadryl for my allergies, and it is weak as hell. I need some better drugs.

  • Shoot these paretns.

  • That's a little harsh! Thanks for writing and watch our other TVPs

    tvp

  • I believe, it depends on how the kid reacts on a plane. I'm a teenager also, I wouldnt drug a kid, i would just put my iPod in, or play on a laptop, no need in sedating kids, when all you have to do is ignore it.

  • You know, not everyone is as sophisticated as you, or as good humored. How many parents have an iPod I wonder or laptop. You are a new generation!

    Thanks, though for writing and watch our other TVPs

    tvp

  • Ignoring the kid is NOT the right option. Enough parents do that already and it drives me crazy. The kid is going spastic on the plane and the parent is oblivious. You brough them into this world. You deal with their crap. Sedate them or don't bring them on the plane. Both of those options sound GREAT to me! Not being able to escape an annoying kid on a International flight is horrible.

  • i use benadryl when i fly cause im scared of flights and im a teenager, so far i think its good to sedate ur children so then its comfortable for all even those on the plane, cause you know u hate kids when there annoying on a plane ride.

  • Thanks for writing. We're sure Benadryl is not not very harmful, but, you see, we wonder about what's next. Stronger drugs for kids to keep them quiet longer? How much sedating is OK?

    Appreciate your thoughts and wish you well.

    TVP

  • Wow...terrorism? I fucking lold. Listen, its the PARENTS choice if they want to give their kids something to calm them down (So long as it doesnt cause them harm). I havent read ANYTHING that would lead me to believe that benadryl is harmful in low doses...AT ALL. Find something worth ranting about next time.

  • I think it doesn't stop at Benadryl. What if parents switch to or are in fact using Prozac or Xanax or other stuff to keep kids calm. If its forced and parents give up other creative solutions it's a problem and a form of domestic coercion..and yes, maybe terrorism.

  • Then yes, I agree with you that it is harmful for the children...but I dont consider it terrorism.

  • OK..maybe I did get carried away with the term "terrorism." But if it's a terror to our kids...or could be.

    But I take everyone's point!

    Thanks for writing

    TVP

  • terrorism??

    ou gatta be fuckin retarded to think that

  • Why? How do you define terrorism. Just bomb tossing?

    TVP

  • Terrorism is the use of violence or threat of violence to instill fear as a means of controlling people against their will.

    There is certainly no violence or threat involved in giving a child Benadryl to calm down. Yes, is it controlling them, but that's what parents are expected to do: CONTROL their children until they are able to control themselves.

    So this is definitely a wrong and irresponsible use of the word "terrorism". It only serves to scare people into volatile reaction.

  • I have to take meclizine when I fly because I have vertigo; however, pilots that I've spoken with do not recommend over-drugging/drinking....hope­fully these kids aren't OVERLY drugged...Benedryl is sedating but given in a proper dose is a far cry from ABUSE!!!

  • We agree it's not abuse, but we're worried about the trend to use drugs by parents and not more creative time-consuming methods f parenting.

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  • ARE YOU KIDDING? You are worried about Benadryl when the state is drugging kids on KILLER PSYCH MEDS SUCH AS RITALIN, PROZAC, ETC? Those drugs KILL children! Get your priorities STRAIGHT, dude!

  • I really dont think its as Dramatic as people are making it out to be, Lots of people get anxiety on Planes and take drugs for it. People are reponding like people are giving helucinegins. Its just a little somthing to help everyone keep calm in what can be a dramatic experience. However, the medical community should atleast offer a safe way to do it.

  • Yes, you're right. I think the concern is that parents are less and less patient or creative and may use drugs of all kinds to treat their kids when often just more time and attention are required.

    Thanks for writing

    TVP

  • I see your point but neither your video nor the comment in the sidebar indicate this stance, they simply dramatize the use of a drug instead of emphasizing the need for more parental involvement.

  • How about complimentary sedatives for the passengers? Drug everyone else BUT the kids?

  • I hear you...so do a lot of writers on this subject. Very touchy!!

    Thanks for writing

    TVP

  • Sadly it is. Read the comments and thanks for writing!

    TVP

  • wow this will have many different opinions myself the only reason this is dangerous is because people take it to far such as overdosing and letting the child become dependent on it...by the way what is your opinion on it TVP?

  • We never had to drug our kids on flights. They pretty much knew the rules and we were not so stressed so we could be creative with them on flights.

    Today's parents seem to want the easy way out. The quick fix. And we regret that.

    Thanks for writing

    TVP

  • Nevertheless, there comes a point where a parent can't control all the stress factors involved that can make a kid go into a tantrum. Adults who travel know how hard it is to keep OURSELVES well fed, hydrated, rested, and entertained, and even when we aren't and become stressed we (mostly) know how to control our impulse to let people know we're unhappy.

    Children do not, and I don't see a problem with THEN using a chemical aid to help them overcome that stress and calm down until journey's end.

  • It's real...but what did you mean??

  • i'm just speechless.

  • We have been there... It is hard taking kids on an airplane. I apolagized to a person when complained about kids kicking the seat. But another parent (unknown to me) got into a fight and cried... "You don't have any kids!"

  • It is very difficult, that's why we raised the question. We always are open to comments and ideas

    Thanks for writing

    TVP

  • Last night on 60 minutes they aired the story of a child whose parents pumped her full of psychiatric-prescribed pills until she died. They're being tried for murder. But the criminal psychiatrist and corporate phermaceutical criminals who produce these drugs that kill are never prosecuted. Why ?

    Street drug pushers on the other hand are dealt with severely. Biased justice ?

  • You email is both passionate and intense and raises many questions. I only wish I had an answer. Thanks for writing and caring.

    TVP

  • PLEASE STOP HAVING KIDS. the worlds overpopulated as is

  • Well, that's not true! Much of the world is having fewer and fewer children...see China and Europe in particular. Besides, that doesn't address the issue in the video.

    Thanks for writing though.

    TVP

  • Well, that's not true! Much of the world is having fewer and fewer children...see China and Europe in particular. Besides, that doesn't address the issue in the video.

    Thanks for writing though.

    TVP

  • Don't have kids! It's that simple, but some people cannot keep their legs closed. That is what's disturbing.

  • I don't think it's a matter of "keeping one's legs closed." Where's the man's responsibility in your comment??

  • Well, that's a big problem. Are you sure you don't have adhd? Have you taked with her??

  • my mother would never do that even though dhe gives me beeping evil adhd pills even though i dont have adhd

  • That's astonishing! Relationship or not, what a horrible thing todo to a kid.

  • my step fathers parents were very well off dentists when he was a child and they could have afforded a babysitter for my step father when they would go out for dinner. Instead they chose to give him a sleeping pill instead. That was way back but he grew up to be an alcoholic .. related? Who knows but in my mind, it is a form of abuse for sure and very irresponsible. Thanks for drawing attention to this problem

  • Our society is SICK to contemplate giving drugs to children to KEEP THEM QUIET so they won't bother anybody? Is this for resal? Oh my God! That is 100% child abuse. these kids will be future junkies!!

  • Child abuse? Possibly. Ignorance, for sure. We're not sure what to do since manmy parents support the idea and

    the medical communityt is silent.