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People who bring their kids to PJ shows...
I've noticed some threads lately about people wanting to take their kids to shows so I felt it might be story time...
Last tour, at the Pittsburgh show there was this guy who brought his daughter (age 7-8ish) and her three friends (same age) and sat directly in front of us. We were close to the stage, in the stands on Mike's side. Everything is going fine and the girls seem to be excited about the show. About 2 songs into it the guys next to us and a guy who is by himself, next to the dad and 4 girls all spark up joints at the same time. Now the guy next to the dad and girls looked like he'd been eating mushrooms under the overpass for the last two weeks..scary.
Anyway, the pot smoke is just covering these girls and they're holding their mouths closed and the dad looks worried...long story short they leave after 3 songs.
I'm all for a younger group of people discovering/enjoying Pearl Jam but if you bring your kids make sure you realize that there will be pot all around you and crazy mushroom eating dudes who sleep under the overpass standing next to you (potentially). At the very least a lot of drunk people.
I personally think its retarded to take young kids to shows...seen some people with 2-4 year olds at these things. No reason they should be there IMO.
Last tour, at the Pittsburgh show there was this guy who brought his daughter (age 7-8ish) and her three friends (same age) and sat directly in front of us. We were close to the stage, in the stands on Mike's side. Everything is going fine and the girls seem to be excited about the show. About 2 songs into it the guys next to us and a guy who is by himself, next to the dad and 4 girls all spark up joints at the same time. Now the guy next to the dad and girls looked like he'd been eating mushrooms under the overpass for the last two weeks..scary.
Anyway, the pot smoke is just covering these girls and they're holding their mouths closed and the dad looks worried...long story short they leave after 3 songs.
I'm all for a younger group of people discovering/enjoying Pearl Jam but if you bring your kids make sure you realize that there will be pot all around you and crazy mushroom eating dudes who sleep under the overpass standing next to you (potentially). At the very least a lot of drunk people.
I personally think its retarded to take young kids to shows...seen some people with 2-4 year olds at these things. No reason they should be there IMO.
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exactly, get a babysitter...bring your kids when they're actually old enough to remember it.
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my vote is on that side too.
make it a grown ups night out.
If the kid gets bored and wants to leave... guess what? Bye... you can read all about the rest of the show in the 'Given To Fly' forum.
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Ha. I took my mom to Camden in 2006... she was like 52 or something at the time
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I think that's where I put my foot down, if the kid wants to go too bad... I'm not gonna let them go just because they want to... I'd be like "how does it feel to want?"
I'd love to take my parents (both in their 50's) to see Pearl Jam! I'm afraid they'd show me up tailgaiting though, especially @ Camden, haha.
I've never seen a kid at a pj show
why are adults CRAZY
anything under 15 is too young!
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so cute they are
My three year son had the time of his life at Lollapallooza and sang along to many songs. Quite a sight seeing him pump his fist in the air along with everyone else during "Alive".
Of course as a parent, I took plenty of precautions. We only attended the PJ set, sat in a VIP tent, he had noise filtering ear plugs in and was under explicit instructions to be on his best behavior. Had he not been able to handle it, we would have left, but he was a joy to the others in our tent and had a great time.
They love it and now when we're in the car, they specifically ask for Pearl Jam.
We have family movie night on the weekends, so my next move will be to watch Imagine in a Cornice or Live at MSG with them.
If the boys hang around long enough, I'll take my kids to a show when they're in their teens.
I've been addicted to shows ever since.
I was 13 the first time i saw Pearl Jam ('95)
I say it depends on the kid. Infants shouldn't be there.
Pot smoke and drunk people still bother me and I'm 25...that doesn't change. If anything, I would hope the presence of little kids would make people act more responsibly...of course, that isnt always the case.
If a kid wants to go bad enough...I say take em. If they don't like it...dont take em anymore.
isn't it usually the case that young kid goes to mum and dad "pa-leeeeze let me go to rock show X"
mum and dad say "nooooo way"
kid begs and begs
mum and dad finally say ok but we are going with you
kid is mortified but goes to the show with the parents.
I always see someone who is at least old enough to be retired at PJ shows. In Buffalo '03 I saw a lady who must've been in her 70's AT LEAST. Pretty hilarious, and it looked like she was having a good time too!
Seems to me that people can make up their own minds as to whether or not to bring kids. And it seems like the Dad in this case had his limits and decided to leave WITHOUT bothering anyone.
Now, for the idiots that would spark up next to kids...that's a whole other topic.
No. What's weird about this thread is people's need to tell others how to raise their kid. At this point my kid only watches PBS. But I'll bring him to rock shows. My kid does not eat McDonalds and will hopefully not want to for a very long time...if at all....but I'll bring him to rock shows. My kid WILL NOT attend the Catholic church and be left with freaks with a screwed up value set...but I'll bring him to rock shows.
My kid will do some things. Other people's kids will do others. If it's not abuse or neglect... which none of the aforementioned are...it's personal opinion.
If you can't feel cool with kids around...then that is your hang up.
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sure, but don't be upset when Ricky lights up a 6 paper joint and passes to his drunkin' buddies Julian and Bubbles.
what I mean was, back in the day, it was a teenager/20-maybe30s thing to go rock shows. Old people (aka parents) didn't go to them and children didn't either. the controversy arose when kids felt they passed that teenager threshhold and wanted to go and their parents didn't think they should (hell my first PJ show I 16- it was my first "real" rock show and my parents hemmed and hawed whether to allow it for weeks- see for example the episode of Freaks and Greeks where Lindsay wants to see the Who) now it seems like people keep going to shows well into their 40s in larger numbers, so bringing kids becomes an issue that wasn't there before. It's more of cultural change that I'm pointing out here. very interesting. I wonder why older adults go to shows more these days? is it more disposable income? and also why rock shows have become less of a crazy/taboo place where parents and children go for a night out? interesting.
This pisses me off though. My child has a legal right to be there, the joint smokers do not. How about that?