Of the four lap-children on that plane ... explaining she and her husband already have their hands full traveling with three ...

Of the four lap children on that plane ... explaining she and her husband already have their hands full traveling with three kids, three car seats that they check, a stroller and play set.

She often keeps her hand on them as a precaution ... Caroline Gutman for The New York Times Holding your small child on your lap has been acceptable in air travel for decades.

Zaidi-Rashid, 34, then a doctoral student, was flying from Washington to Doha, Qatar, with her mother and two children when their airplane encountered severe turbulence. Her other child ...