# You think it's okay to take a 6 year old to a P!nk concert? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 7, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-its-okay-to-take-a-6-year-old-to-a-p-nk-concert/798153 "2017-10-07T00:18:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![vtxrider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d26b3c/32.png) [@vtxrider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vtxrider)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-its-okay-to-take-a-6-year-old-to-a-p-nk-concert/798153/21 "2017-10-10T19:28:46Z")
As others have suggested, content wise, probably not a problem. Pink does an AMAZING concert. I took my oldest daughter and a friend of hers a couple of years ago, and they had a great time. Where we were the sound was not deafening, though obviously some areas might be so yes on the ear plugs (better safe than sorry). But this largely depends on the child. My almost 7 yr old nephew is not used to confined spaces (concerts, movie theaters, etc), so he would likely not do well if he could not run around. My daughters at 6 would have been better prepared and more likely to enjoy. It is definitely a late night. I do not recall when the concert let out, but it was late. Maybe leave the grandchild at home and just go enjoy it yourself. (My daughter and her friend did not need a chaperone, but I wanted to go see the concert myself.) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-its-okay-to-take-a-6-year-old-to-a-p-nk-concert/798153/22 "2017-10-10T19:31:48Z")
> [@Driver8](#): > > 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 agree with all of this. 😃 Is your granddaughter going to be able to stay engaged and interested through a multl-hour concert (especially if it’s hard for her to see the stage)? Are you prepared for dealing with “adult behavior” going on around you, and for not letting your granddaughter’s presence disrupt the evening for the people seated around you? I think a lot of this comes down to having a good, realistic understanding of your granddaughter’s strengths and limitations. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-its-okay-to-take-a-6-year-old-to-a-p-nk-concert/798153.md?page=1)