I'm sorry that you had to ride the Screaming Child Express. Once on an international flight, I told a loud crying 6-year-old sitting behind me, "Your mommy will love you more if you behave."

It was very effective, but the mom wasn't too happy.
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"What I do know is that if Karen Carpenter and Mama Cass Elliot had shared that sandwich they'd both be alive today." -Michael K