Air travel can be very stressful and when traveling with children, it
can be down-right painful. Research indicates that there is an increase
in the amount of stress experienced when traveling today as compared to
traveling twenty years ago. Couple this stress with the current
security measures that we must encounter at airports (domestic and
international) and we have double stress.
My family and I flew recently and it caused me to think about the major
changes that have occurred when flying. Our scheduled flight (7:00
a.m.) meant that we had to be at the airport at 5:00 a.m. To make it to
the airport by 5:00 a.m., we had to leave home at 4:00 a.m. In order to
leave home at 4:00 a.m., we had to wake at 3:00 a.m. I think you get
the point. Some may say, just take a later flight. Well, travel time on
the expressway would take longer than the time it takes to fly to our
destination. Arriving early, remembering what you can carry and what
you cannot carry through the security check points can be daunting to
say the least. With all this, believe it or not, there are some things
you can do to decrease stress-related travel.
Give yourself plenty of time. In the past, I have been able to get to
the airport |
