The kindness of strangers: I was a ball of stress taking my four children on an international flight – then a passenger tucked a blanket around my sleeping son

Walking on to the plane with the kids in tow, I could almost hear people think, ‘Oh my God, I don’t want to be seated next to them! ’ Read more in the kindness of strangers series I won’t lie – I was having nightmares before the trip. When my family immigrated to Australia from Europe, my husban...

Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/sep/21/the-kindness-of-strangers-international-flight-passenger-tucked-a-blanket-around-my-son)