Should I take my granddaughter to see Pink? If so, should I take some kind of ear protection for her?
Yes to both questions, IMO. But I’m a live music junkie, and you’re running the risk of turning your granddaughter into one too.
I would say as long as her folks are Ok with it, go for it!
I took my son to his first big concert at 9 yrs old. It was Stray Cats, Pretenders and ZZ Top. I created a monster! The kid loves all kind of live music. He’s 19 now and we still go to concerts.
Her mom is the one who suggested it!
Pink’s daughter is 6. She had her at the VMA concert this summer.
Based on my (admittedly limited) knowledge of 6-year-olds, no. There’s nothing wrong with the P!nk show, but IMO kids that young just aren’t made for arena concerts. Not to mention the yelling, swearing, drunk/high adults who are often around. And I’ve never known a single 6-year-old who wouldn’t have been ready to go home after an hour or so. A few more years will make a big difference.
This year’s Resurrection Fest included a tent selling ear protection, some of it specially sized for kids. Grown ups could choose earmuffs or plugs; kids, muffs only. There were quite a few kids six and younger merrily bouncing about.
Just don’t try to mosh with the kid on, they’re a bit suicidal at that age…
I have to agree with this. The other thing to consider is the time of the concert and day. Assuming it’s like most concerts, there is an opening band. This, plus the fact that shows never start on time, will mean that P!nk won’t get on stage until 9-10 at night (more than likely on a week night)
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Another thing to deal with is seating. Unless you have front row seating, or you intend to put her on your shoulders (which some venues don’t allow), or this is a festival where you can stretch out, she isn’t going to see much.
I took my daughter to see Selena Gomez when she was 8. All of the above was what I experienced at a show where 80% of the audience were other young girls.
P!nk might have had her daughter at a concert, but I’m pretty sure that the daughter of the performer has far different accommodations (such as a green room to hang out in).
If you think that it is a good fit for her, please do take ear protection. I got my daughter the type of headset for firing guns as opposed to the squishy ear inserts. Those don’t typically fit kids well and she probably will want them out.
I would never do so.
I would suggest you not do so unless you are committed to up and leaving when the kid gets over-stimmed. It’s not fair to either the kid or the other concert goers to hang around when the kid has had enough.
What a weird line up! It appeals to all those rock-a-billy, alternative rock, and Texas rock/blues fans! Anyway, I’d love that line up.
As far as the OP goes, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with taking a kid to a concert. You know better than us whether she’s the kind of kid who would get into it and be willing to hang around for most of it, or would be bothered by the loud sounds or crowds. If you think she’d be fine, have a blast! I imagine that P!nk puts on a great show.
You should carefully consider the seating, to make sure y’all aren’t in the middle of a tight crowd, and so she can see. Even with a friendly crowd it can be overwhelming if you’re in a tight pack of enthusiastic drunk fans. But if there are stadium seating type seats, and you’re on or close to an aisle that should help.
And like others said, hearing protection is a good idea. I always have earplugs for myself, for a child it would be even more important.
I don’t know how the 6-year-old in question would handle a concert per se, but as for content, yes, P!nk would be fine. (Especially if it was her mother’s suggestion!) She occasionally gives warnings to cover little ears if she is about to sing something you might not want the kid asking their parents about later, but she’s got a child about that age herself, and she’s been known to pick up the stuffed animals other people throw onto the stage and toss them back out to kids in the audience. There are a couple of clips on YouTube that show her pausing the band for a few minutes so that someone could take care of a child having a slight meltdown in the audience.
Yes and yes. I don’t know that I would take someone that young to see ICP or GWAR (although I have seen kids that young at both concerts) but for PINK I would have no issues other than the volume where I ended up standing/sitting.
If you do, don’t let your presence impinge on the adults around you. There’s nothing more aggravating than someone with a child in a typically adult setting (concert, bar, etc) chastising others for their language or behavior.
Bring your kid into a bar and you may be “legal”, but if F bombs are dropping like flies, don’t complain.
This. I wouldn’t be worried about adult themes themselves. But a concert is long, and relatively constant throughout. You’re really testing the attention span of what I would consider the “average” 6 year old. I consider my 6 year old son to be pretty mature in the right situations, but I wouldn’t take him to a arena style concert. I don’t think he’d be engaged the entirety of the three or more hours it would be, and your options for getting away from it all and still enjoying the show are limited. Maybe a “concert in the park” scenario, where we could migrate to somewhere quieter or a place to run around a bit.
Also this. Concerts are designed for adults, and like it or not a certain sort of wilder than usual behavior is tolerated. The presence of your 6 year old should not be a variable that dictates the appropriateness of their behavior, and it would be obnoxious to demand censorship because of her.
I tend not to be too concerned about exposing kid’s to some of this (within reason). I still like to listen to my indie rock music with its occasional bad language, and do so in the car with my kids. It is on me to teach them what is appropriate and what isn’t in the proper contexts.
I would go for a local show first before a big arena concert. If you do go, yes to earplugs and I wouldn’t plan on staying long.
For my own six year old son, I’d say nope. But I wouldn’t cast any stinkeye at a (grand)parent who brought their own six year old to a concert like Pink.
I’m more amused because my mother asked me to get her Pink tickets this morning. I guess Pink’s the big act among the grandmother set these days 
Yes and yes.
Oh! For all the Pink fans in this thread - take a look at Dame Shirley Bassey’s cover of Get This Party Started. It is AMAZING. In her 70s, and Bassey’s still got the range.
Yes and Yes.
Explain whatever hearing protection she’ll be using in advance.