Airplanes on Shine

Last minute tips for traveling by air with young kids!

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Getting ready for a flight later today with kid too young to be interested in videos or music? These last minute tips can help. Have some good tips of your own? Please help your fellow Shine users by posting them below—we can all benefit from your wisdom. Have great holiday,…

Why I'm Afraid To Fly With My Kids!

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As a mom of four, I'm used to living in zoo. When my mother calls me on the phone, she hears children yelling, playing, crying, and laughing, and that's just a typical afternoon. Needless to say, I'm used to the noise. Children are noisy, period. This afternoon I…

One from the vault: Fear of flying while fat

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This morning, I drove myself to the airport with minimal worries. This was unusual because, you see, I love to travel, but hate to fly. Not the actual flying part. That doesn't bother me. But as a plus size girl, there are all kinds of other issues involved when you start talking about impinging...

The easiest way to travel light with kids

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Anyone who's traveled with young children knows that besides the long waits at airports, a gargantuan challenge is lugging all that kid-gear The stroller, the car seat, the portable crib. And then there's the extra suitcase filled with all the other essentials if you have a...

A ride-on suitcase for kid travelistas

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Since there's no such thing (yet) as family-class seating on airplanes, moms and dads -- and grandparents and everyone else about to board a plane with a tot -- are always looking for ways to make traveling with kids easier. Only it's not just surviving a long flight flight that's cause...