Looking for tips or advice before taking children on a plane. How do I handle children? How do I handle strangers when my children misbehave? Thanks. Great giveaway!!!

Our 16-month-old son has recently learned how to pull down his pants, loosen his diaper and put his hands down the front of it. At home, we've joked that this is just "part of being a boy," but he has started to do it in public - at parties, in the childcare at our gym, etc.

With him being at such a young age, we're not sure how to correct this behavior, or if we should even be correcting it at this stage. Any advice would be appreciated!

My 3 year old daughter hounds me all day long trying to get me to play with her...."Mommy? Will you play with me? Who wants to play with me (and I'm the only one in the room)? Mommy? Which pony do you want to be? Which Barbie do you want to be? Mommy can we play now?"

This goes on All. Day. Long. Is this normal? How should I deal with it? I tell her I will play with her as soon as I finish what I'm doing (sometimes). Some days I really don't feel like playing with her all that much...I have other things I am trying to accomplish and another child to care for. She has lots of friends and she is always thrilled when she has them to play with. But, days we are home together can be trying.

(Her brother is only 11 months and too young to play with her.)

I'm torn between wanting her to learn to play by herself and wondering how much I should be playing with her. What do you think?

My kids are 3 & 4 year old boys. They wrestle and roll around all afternoon. How much 'wrestling' is to much. When is it boys roughhousing and how do I know at what point to make them stop?

Both boys enjoy playing this way even though it makes me nervous. Generally no one gets hurt but do they really need to play this way all afternoon?

HOw to deal with ornery teenager while younger kids are home too? He curses, does not listen, and is not fun to be with. I see my younger kids 10,8l 5 and 2 copying his behavior and words, help!

Mine isn't a question exactly related to my kids, but it relates to other people's kids.

Earlier this year, I went grocery shopping and while I was checking out, there was a child having a fit at the Starbucks area of the store. He was 8 or 9 or maybe even older, and clearly had a developmental disability. He was screaming, thrashing his body around, flapping his arms. The two adults with him were physically restraining him while he did this.

People were staring. Pointing. Making comments. Rolling their eyes.

The cashier who was scanning my groceries is a young guy, maybe 19 or 20. He kept saying things like, "If that were my kid, I'd just hit him." Or, "People shouldn't be allowed to take kids like that out in public."

It was very upsetting to me, but I didn't know what the etiquette of such a situation is. Should a person ask the parents if they need help? or is it better to just mind my own business?