take them one at a time... put the parent in the back with the kid.. and
don't put the kid behind you.. front seat with a little one cannot see over
the glare shield.. use a high wing airplane so he can see the ground under
the wing.. a 3yr old may need a "car" seat.

expect them to start crying for mommy at any second.. cars are not as noisy
on the inside as airplanes are.. and headsets don't fit the little ones very
well.. especially 3yr olds.

BT

"Paul Folbrecht" wrote in message
nk.net...
I have a friend who really wants me to take he & his two boys up- they
are 3 & 5. I am worried about them "freaking out"- especially the
little one. They have never flown before (commercially or otherwise).

Of course they need to be in back of the 172, which would make it
difficult for my friend to reassure them, etc.

I'm especially concerned about the younger one for the obvious reason
that 3 is pretty young. To the folks that have a lot of experience
taking up little kids- what are the rough odds that he'll be just fine
vs. having a cow? I need to decide if I should suggest that this isn't
a great idea or not. TIA.