Take Your Kids To Concerts?

[gleninjersey 2,139]

For those with young teenagers, do you take them to concerts? Took my oldest to see Five Seconds of Summer (some boy band) last summer. She was 13. She saw them previoys year with her aunt. That was her first concert. Tonight we went to see Twenty One Pilots.

 

Probably take her to see some something I like later this year.

[Bri894 17]

I do. My daughter is 12 and we've seen Halestorm, The Pretty Reckless, Janes Addiction and September Mourning. In March we're going to see New Years Day. This summer I will take her and a friend to the Warped Tour. 

[capt14k 2,052]

Yes One Direction before they went on hiatus. Been a few others as well.

 

 

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[The brew guy 22]

Started my son with Steve Winwood and Santana when he was 12. He just turned 17 and has seen The Pretty Reckless, Hales torment, Rush, Sixx A.M., Shined own and Five Finger Death Punch.

[siderman 1,137]

Once, yrs ago. Moody Blues at the PNC BAC when my kids were like 15&11 or so. Gorgous summer eve on the lawn fairly family friendly band...I"ll just say the older hippy couple in front of us was a great sideshow untill the paramedics had to persuade them to go away with them lol.

[jm1827 284]

My wife took our daughters to a few, One Direction, Five Seconds of Summer, 5th Harmony.  Luckily I missed those.  Took the entire family to see Zac Brown over the summer.

[HBecwithFn7 296]

For those with young teenagers, do you take them to concerts? Took my oldest to see Five Seconds of Summer (some boy band) last summer. She was 13. She saw them previoys year with her aunt. That was her first concert. Tonight we went to see Twenty One Pilots.

 

Probably take her to see some something I like later this year.

 

I don't prefer to go to concerts myself, frankly, because the noise, mayhem, etc., distract me from actually enjoying the music. I don't need the atmosphere. I just want the music, and I can do that just as effectively with a good pair of Bose QC's,    That said, I don't think I would have minded taking my niece or nephew had they wanted to go to a particluar event.  Both are, pretty much, adults now (they will be 21 and 18 this year) and can go by themselves.

 

Just out of curiosity, what's the issue?

[Handyman 5,682]

Bring earplugs - they may need them depending how close you sit. You can screw up your hearing for life with noise exposure at a young age.

[HBecwithFn7 296]

Bring earplugs - they may need them depending how close you sit. You can screw up your hearing for life with noise exposure at a young age.

 

If I'm that close, I'd have other, more important things to worry about.... ("lnvoluntary moshing," etc. etc.)

[SW9racer 262]

What ever happened to a quiet evening with The Wiggles

[robot_hell 72]

Since hearing protection was mentioned, I highly recommend these over foam earplugs that you'd use at the range:

 

https://www.amazon.com/ETY-Plugs-Fidelity-Earplugs-Standard-Frost/dp/B0015WJQ7A/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1485149575&sr=8-1&keywords=etymotics

 

They protect your hearing for concerts but have flat attenuation so they won't muddy up the music. And you can still hear people speaking. Don't use them at the range, they won't work for that.

[gleninjersey 2,139]

What ever happened to a quiet evening with The Wiggles

I am SO thankful those years are long over!

[jm1827 284]

I am SO thankful those years are long over!

Same here, and Blues Clues as well!

[gleninjersey 2,139]

Some good parents here.

 

I'm looking forward to taking her to her first real rock show. She likes some of Halestorm and Shinedown. Hopefully either of them swing around sometime this year.

[gleninjersey 2,139]

My wife took our daughters to a few, One Direction, Five Seconds of Summer, 5th Harmony. Luckily I missed those. Took the entire family to see Zac Brown over the summer.

How was Zac Brown? See they are coming to PNC and thinking about taking family.

[DirtyDigz 1,811]

Not my kid, but our seat neighbor at last 5FDP concert I went to had her 7-8 year old daughter with her, wearing earplugs.  Kid loved the concert from what I could tell.

[1563621 388]

I was a union stagehand for 34 years, worked PNC, Giant stadium, pru center, njpac, Lots of venues. Some shows I would take kiddies to, but others, NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Once had a handgun to my head at MSG. ODs at PNC are rampant!

[jm1827 284]

How was Zac Brown? See they are coming to PNC and thinking about taking family.

They played a great show, sound was fantastic and they were very supportive of our armed forces throughout the show, had several up on stage with them and Zac Brown did a nice tribute to them as well.

[raz-0 1,259]

Bring earplugs - they may need them depending how close you sit. You can screw up your hearing for life with noise exposure at a young age.

 

 

+1000 this. I was that teenage kid family took to concerts. I have more tinnitus from that than from shooting by a huge margin. 

 

There are plenty of brands of high fidelity, low noise reduction plugs out there, decent ones were mentioned up thread. Worth the money.