How to Explain the TSA to Tots

We are less than a week away from the biggest travel day of the year, and the new security regulations of the Transportations Safety Association pose a risk to our ever reaching the holiday dinner table to give glaring looks of disdain to our relatives. 

It used to be enough to wear a pair of jeans that would require the Jaws of Life to free you from to take a pee to glide through airport security, but no more!  Just last weekend, one passenger (in the viral video below) refused a pat down from security for fear that they would “touch his junk.”

Adults all understand the need for these security precautions, even if we don’t agree with the method of search, but how do you explain it to your little ones when they ask, “Mommy, why didn’t they have a poster of Pedobear in security if that man was going to touch me down there?” 

Well, we came across this handy, child friendly book that might be some help in explaining the new TSA regulations:

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