Children At Festivals......
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nads replied on Fri Mar 4, 2011 @ 4:28pm |
 Coolness: 88905 | I recently asked my sister if I could take my nephews to open mind with me this year (they are 6 years old) And she was dead set against it. Even after I showed her the website and all the kids activities and assured her that there would be many other children there.
Not only did she say no but also asked me how could I even think of doing that. I personally think they would have a blast, but they are not my children so it`s not my choice. But I wondering what other people think about the idea of bringing children to festivals like open mind? |
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| Good [+2]Toggle ReplyLink» AlienZeD replied on Fri Mar 4, 2011 @ 4:33pm |
 Coolness: 509465 | i find it strange... it's damn close to bringing your kid to a bar/club... |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nads replied on Fri Mar 4, 2011 @ 4:44pm |
| Coolness: 88905 | Ya but there is a whole other side to festivals like open mind, like art and jam sessions and alabyrinth and so much more. I wouldnt take them to the dance floor at 4 a.m |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» v.2-1 replied on Fri Mar 4, 2011 @ 4:45pm |
 Coolness: 159025 | Kids are going to have a blast watching the adults on drugs hogging the inflatable parks and other toys available. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Fri Mar 4, 2011 @ 4:49pm |
 Coolness: 685495 | I agree, it's absolutely fucking stupid to even think of bringing kids out to a festival. Thousands of people, a good percentage of which will be totally fucked out of their minds on various mind-altering substances... GREAT environment to bring kids, yeah!
And lets not forget the loud-as-all-fuck sound system. Kid's hearing is still developing up until their mid-teens and is fairly sensitive. Exposing them to a weekend-long amount of unsafe-levels of sound is irresponsible and, well, stupid. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Olivia replied on Fri Mar 4, 2011 @ 4:56pm |
 Coolness: 66910 | Yeah... kids shouldn't be exposed to the kinds of people that are there and the things that they do. Did you hang out with hippies on drugs when you were 6 years old? I didn't! I love festivals and I love kids but I don't think they mix.. especially not a psytrance party. I even see kids at eclipse and I mean they're having a blast that's for sure but id have to say it's bad parenting to keep your kid outside in a tent for a few days sleeping on a blowup mattress eating not-nutritious food because you cannot make fires to cook. They're still young and naive meaning they're oblivious to the world and especially to festivals and electronic music... and who really wants to babysit? I mean, I even feel bad walking past a kid if i'm holding a cigarette.. Let not tripping out dressed up holding a beer bottle at a festival.
Don't decensorise , you know? |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» v.2-1 replied on Fri Mar 4, 2011 @ 4:57pm |
| Coolness: 159025 | Not only that but with such a large environment and so many people... I can't wait to see how many kids get lost on the premises or in the surrounding woods.
I can see a bunch of 8 year olds from here : - Look ! I just found these candies in a small plastic bag ! - Ooooooooooh. Colorful. I wonder what the blue one tastes like... - OH ! OH ! OH ! ME TOO ! ME TOO ! I WANT CANDY TOO ! I want the orange one ! |
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| Good [+2]Toggle ReplyLink» Kire replied on Fri Mar 4, 2011 @ 5:07pm |
 Coolness: 66605 | Originally Posted By V.2-1
Not only that but with such a large environment and so many people... I can't wait to see how many kids get lost on the premises or in the surrounding woods. I can see a bunch of 8 year olds from here : - Look ! I just found these candies in a small plastic bag ! - Ooooooooooh. Colorful. I wonder what the blue one tastes like... - OH ! OH ! OH ! ME TOO ! ME TOO ! I WANT CANDY TOO ! I want the orange one ! lol whole new meaning to the word candy kids |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nads replied on Fri Mar 4, 2011 @ 5:41pm |
| Coolness: 88905 | Originally Posted By SCREWHEAD
I agree, it's absolutely fucking stupid to even think of bringing kids out to a festival. Thousands of people There are not thousands of people at open mind |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» SourUltraFast replied on Fri Mar 4, 2011 @ 5:42pm |
 Coolness: 91295 | Or kids on the dance floor @ piknik without earplugs.
Great parenting. |
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| Good [+2]Toggle ReplyLink» AYkiN0XiA replied on Fri Mar 4, 2011 @ 6:07pm |
 Coolness: 166480 | a festival like open mind is not a rave like most people would imagine, and i totally see the place for kids in that kind of event.
there is no problem with such things as 'dangerous sound levels' if you don't bring them where the sound is... just play on the beach, you can still hear the music and dance, but you're far enough that it's not dangerous at all... from the art space, you can barely hear the music at all, and there is camping space close to the chillroom where things are really quiet. so yes i really like that there are kids at this festival, but it's each and every parent's choice in the end. bringing kids to a festival is living the festival in a total different way. not taking any drugs is a must, and most probably not dancing at night, and spending the day taking care of the kids, doing the activities with them. open mind has a programmation that is varied and full enough that you won't get bored though... it's just a different way to live the experience. but yeah most people are not aware of how things are happening really, and have prejudice because of the known use of drugs on the dancefloor. bringing kids to a festival like this can also greatly change their perspective on things... and maybe some parents don't want to deal with how it will affect them. it's a lifestyle choice, i think... but i know that kids when i see them at festivals, really love dressing up, and the blacklights... and the bubbles at open mind last year... :) :) |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» v.2-1 replied on Fri Mar 4, 2011 @ 6:59pm |
| Coolness: 159025 | Originally Posted By YOSHIN
there is no problem with such things as 'dangerous sound levels' if you don't bring them where the sound is... just play on the beach, you can still hear the music and dance, but you're far enough that it's not dangerous at all... Is the dancefloor going to be restricted to kids ? If not, that works if parents are smart enough to avoid the dancefloor... but I'm 100% sure it'll end up like what SourUltraFast said anyway. Originally Posted By YOSHIN
not taking any drugs is a must, and most probably not dancing at night, and spending the day taking care of the kids, doing the activities with them. I'm sure EVERY parents there will be doing exactly that. Don't mean to focus on the negative here but not everyone deserves a Parent Of The Year award and I'm curious to see how this festival is equipped in terms of injuries, lost children and against those 3 parentless kids that keep running all over the place unplugging wires behind the DJ booth all the &#%$ing time. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Kishmay_Pinas replied on Fri Mar 4, 2011 @ 8:41pm |
 Coolness: 103160 | Kids at festivals are great with a side of fries and some hotsauce. .... Yum put this in the snacks thread |
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| Good [+3]Toggle ReplyLink» databoy replied on Fri Mar 4, 2011 @ 11:19pm |
 Coolness: 106020 | I'd rather take my kid (if I had one) to Open mind than have my mom bring him to church. |
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| Good [+2]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini replied on Fri Mar 4, 2011 @ 11:53pm |
 Coolness: 145105 | the usual hyperbole from databoy |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Sat Mar 5, 2011 @ 12:15am |
| Coolness: 685495 | Originally Posted By DATABOY
I'd rather take my kid (if I had one) to Open mind than have my mom bring him to church. You know, in a way that's a great analogy, because generally the people who claim that others are "not open minded enough" to "get" certain concepts are the people trying to indoctrinate you away from your beliefs and into theirs. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» databoy replied on Sat Mar 5, 2011 @ 12:34am |
| Coolness: 106020 | I would have LOVED going to Open Mind as a kid. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» AlienZeD replied on Sat Mar 5, 2011 @ 12:34am |
| Coolness: 509465 | camping is cool, bunch of irresponsible drugies and loud music are not... well, to kids. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» databoy replied on Sat Mar 5, 2011 @ 12:40am |
| Coolness: 106020 | Not everyone was an irresponsible druggie at open mind. Specially not the peoples with kids. |
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| Good [+2]Toggle ReplyLink» Holly_Golightly replied on Sat Mar 5, 2011 @ 11:50am |
 Coolness: 158640 | Originally Posted By SOURULTRAFAST
Or kids on the dance floor @ piknik without earplugs. Great parenting. haha i know you probably not gonna remember (i have a very good memory..) but i remember you and me at around 4yo on the dancefloor at CSN party with a bunch of adults drunk who were almost all smoking weed and some of them were on acid..(well all that was told to me later..) well as a kid i only remember dancing having fun and be impatient to have the motherfucking gift they were giving to the kids each year.. nothing bad happened to me and i have a pretty amazing life now... but yeah the volume wasn't the same and they were listening charlebois.. isssh ;) |
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