Bribing your fellow passengers: Follow the Clooneys’ formula

Even if your child has not uttered a peep, some parents head conflict off at the pass by proffering gift bags to their fellow passengers with a cute note apologising for unruliness in advance.

Hollywood actor George Clooney and his wife Amal

(below) famously handed out wireless noise cancelling headphones to the entire first class cabin on a flight with their infant twins in 2017. But, a less glitzy offering will do too.

One mother prepared gift bags for passengers in the row ahead, the row behind and aisle seats abutting theirs, all containing an apology note along with chocolate, ear plugs and snacks. “I did not want to be that mom that everyone hates,” she said. “It was a preventive measure that made me feel less anxious.”