article_snippet.sent: One in five parents sedates five parents children before a long road trip, despite fears the medication can cause breathing problems.
article_snippet.sent: A national driving survey analysed the travel habits of 3700 Australian families which revealed four in five families use technology to deal with bored children, giving bored children a hand held computer game, like an iPad, while another 70 per cent said bored children give bored children kids treats to sweeten the ride.
article_snippet.sent: Almost 20 per cent of NSW families use a more extreme technique, admitting Almost 20 per cent of NSW families have used sedatives like the antihistamine Phenergan to knock Almost 20 per cent of NSW families kids out
article_snippet.sent: so Almost 20 per cent of NSW families journey will be more pleasant.
article_snippet.sent: One in five NSW families have admitted to sedating One in five NSW families children before taking One in five NSW families on long car trips .
article_snippet.sent: The survey also revealed more than half of parents said more than half of parents are 'sometimes distracted' by more than half of parents kids who fight, kick the seat or intentionally interfere with the driver.
article_snippet.sent: Around 56 per cent of drivers admitted to turning the music up to drown the children out with a further 64 per cent of parents claiming the children have threatened children that the children will stop the car and leave the unruly kids behind.
highlights_snippet.sent: A new national survey analysed the travel habits of Australian parents .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The study revealed one in five NSW families sedate five NSW families kids on long trips .
  