Parents: A Question...

[incognito]

Would you bring your children to a festival like Burning Man?

 

[beetlebum]

all answers can be divided in relativity to the age of the child(ren) in question, i would assume.

 

[incognito]

all answers can be divided in relativity to the age of the child(ren) in question, i would assume.

Okay then.

Six and three.

P.S. They're not my kids and I have no plans of going next year. I'm merely curious.

 

[Recidiva]

Sure. In fact I think my daughter went with her dad (my first husband) once.

 

[dolf]

what is the burning man?

 

[Recidiva]

Okay then.

Six and three.

P.S. They're not my kids and I have no plans of going next year. I'm merely curious.

Not sure that young. My daughter was in her teens.

Maybe look up some youtube video of your average viewpoint at Burning Man and see if that's what you want.

 

[incognito]

Not sure that young. My daughter was in her teens.

Maybe look up some youtube video of your average viewpoint at Burning Man and see if that's what you want.

I don't have kids, so my opinion doesn't really matter and I haven't offered it to the parents in question, but I can report that they sure didn't want the grandparents to know they were taking the kids there. I was asked to play along with the lie about where they were going. That alone would give me pause to take children so young. But that's just me.

 

[Recidiva]

I don't have kids, so my opinion doesn't really matter and I haven't offered it to the parents in question, but I can report that they sure didn't want the grandparents to know they were taking the kids there. I was asked to play along with the lie about where they were going. That alone would give me pause to take children so young. But that's just me.

Oh. Yeah, they're probably going to see some strategic wardrobe malfunctions and functions. Probably lots of body paint, drunk people.

I'd pass myself on someone that young. It may not be morally wrong, but I don't think it rises to the level of requiring me to lie about it.

 

[bronzeage]

Would you bring your children to a festival like Burning Man?

I might, but my youngest is now 28.

I would not bring children to Burning Man. It's an adult sort of thing and the presence of children might dampen other people's fun.

Going back to a memory of my youngest, her mother did not understand why I did not let her bring an infant to bed with us. I told her it was because they are only infants for a very short time, and she would be the one to explain what an erection was to a 2 year old girl. It's sort of the same thing with Burning Man.

 

[HoHoBomb]

Would you bring your children to a festival like Burning Man?

never

 

[incognito]

I've been trying hard not to be my usual, judgmental self, but I feel safe here in saying that I think it's kind of selfish of the parents. I'm pretty sure they didn't spend all their time in Kidsville.

 

[neci]

i would not want the responsibility of children at burning man.

 

[incognito]

what is the burning man?

http://www.burningman.com/

 

[Corbal]

Well, I'm still not clear as to what the Burning Man is, even after I reviewed their site and history. I suppose it's similar to a big ass camping trip in the desert with 50k other people uniting for the purpose of disconnecting and finding some type of spirituality.

So, personally, I wouldn't attend, or take my children. Parentally speaking, 3 and 6, are much too young. It is people against the elements of nature, more specifically, the fucking desert. Hydration is key, and frankly, that's too many, Mommy, I'm thirsty and Mommy, I need to potty for my patience level.

In the A/C, during dinner at a restaurant, my 4 year old needs to potty at least twice. I see no desert in our near future.

As for the message of the Burning Man, well, I'm still confused, so I doubt my kids would comprehend.

 

[dolf]

I wouldn't take my kids because I don't go to festivals. the toilet arrangements offend my delicate sensibilities.

 

[Recidiva]

I've been trying hard not to be my usual, judgmental self, but I feel safe here in saying that I think it's kind of selfish of the parents. I'm pretty sure they didn't spend all their time in Kidsville.

I wouldn't do it and I'd have to really value their friendship...a LOT...to lie for them.

 

[incognito]

Well, I'm still not clear as to what the Burning Man is, even after I reviewed their site and history. I suppose it's similar to a big ass camping trip in the desert with 50k other people uniting for the purpose of disconnecting and finding some type of spirituality.

So, personally, I wouldn't attend, or take my children. Parentally speaking, 3 and 6, are much too young. It is people against the elements of nature, more specifically, the fucking desert. Hydration is key, and frankly, that's too many, Mommy, I'm thirsty and Mommy, I need to potty for my patience level.

In the A/C, during dinner at a restaurant, my 4 year old needs to potty at least twice. I see no desert in our near future.

As for the message of the Burning Man, well, I'm still confused, so I doubt my kids would comprehend.

Shows I'm not a parent because I hadn't even thought about the potty aspects along with the other demands of little ones. And the little demons in question are way more demanding than that. I recently went on a different camping trip with them and it's not something I care to repeat.

And you're right about the nature part as well. I read about the dust storms that kicked up this year and that is scary to me as an adult.

 

[incognito]

I wouldn't do it and I'd have to really value their friendship...a LOT...to lie for them.

I wouldn't call them or the grandparents friends, but I didn't feel like rocking the boat amongst the "in-laws".