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Fear of flying

NAS64645

Hi 

my 11 year old son has an extreme fear of flying but we have a wedding to attend abroad. He has travelled by plane when he was younger and had a meltdown before boarding but we managed to calm him to get him in the plane. We didn’t fly for several years hoping his fear would disappear but it hasn’t. Now he’s older I don’t think we would be able to calm and distract him as easily and he sometimes runs away when anxious. Any ideas on how we can get him to see flying in a different way and how do airport staff handle older children having a meltdown would they still let us fly? We couldn’t go without him but don’t want to miss the wedding but he is set against flying

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  • Thanks for the replies. I did wonder if there was a calming medication but even if there was that wouldn’t feel right. I am going to try and see if he will agree to visit to the local airport without flying to see if it perks his interest in planes but deep down I think I know it would be to risky to book tickets as I wouldn’t be able to predict his reaction on the actual flight date. 

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  • Thanks for the replies. I did wonder if there was a calming medication but even if there was that wouldn’t feel right. I am going to try and see if he will agree to visit to the local airport without flying to see if it perks his interest in planes but deep down I think I know it would be to risky to book tickets as I wouldn’t be able to predict his reaction on the actual flight date. 

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