It's one of those sureties in life: Before you have your own baby, you actually physically recoil at the site of a parent boarding a plane with an infant. Once you have kids, you offer them a sympathetic smile (even though you still might cross your fingers that they sit way, way behind you).
Whichever side of the aisle you're on, it's hard not to empathise with a mum and dad trying to calm a jittery child on an airplane, but, as the Huffington Post's Lisa Belkin points out, one couple got proactive recently, doling out little bags of candy to everyone on the flight, along with a note that read: "We're twin baby boys on our first flight and we're only 14 weeks old! We'll try to be on our best behaviour, but we'd like to apologise in advance just in case we lose our cool, get scared or our ears hurt. Our mum and dad (AKA our portable milk machine and our diaper changer) have ear plugs available if you need them. We are all sitting in 20E and 20F if you want to come by to get a pair."
A fellow passenger on the flight posted a photo of the note on Reddit, and, with more than 3,100 comments and 2 million page views, commenters have been quick to give props to the parents for their thoughtfulness: "That's the most considerate thing I've ever seen, and it has fully restored my faith in said consideration," one person wrote. "Why can't all humans be this way?" asked another.