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Originally posted by reebokandlace
I know many of you are saying that 3 1/2 is too young to go to a concert. Let me speak from experience....I took a 4 year old to a Stevie concert and she is now 21 and still remembers it like it was yesterday. We were front row and she danced and sang along, Stevie would look down and smile at her. It was very cool.
I was very young (3 or 4) when I attended my first concert and I still remember it.
The crowd is usually very respectful to someone with a child and they give you your space so as to not crowd the child.
If you think your child can handle the crowd scene (based on their personality) I say take your child!! If she loves Stevie she will never forget the experience.
A word of advice: Just make sure you have good seats, otherwise if the child is too far away she will become bored because its not like going to a circus where any seat can see all the action. She needs to be relatively close to the stage, either floor or the sections next to the stage. Unlike adults, they are not there for "just the music" and any seat will do, children are very visual and need to "see" the concert in order to get full enjoyment of the concert experience.
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Yes. Good seats might make the difference. Front row would be less boring, but each child is an individual. You know your child best. Maybe it would work out well in your case?
I'm just reminded of a show not too long ago. I was second row and a little 4-5 year old girl was in the front row with her parents. Neil Diamond was on stage and singing to a 100% sold out arena. It wasn't rock show loud, but just right. The child was well behaved at first. She seemed interested in the show until Neil came close and sang right to her. He held out his hand in her direction. The song was quiet and slow, so what happened next was really upsetting to everyone around. The little girl let out a scream and burst out crying as he came near her for some special attention.
The whole thing backfired. You could tell Neil felt very bad about the little girl crying. He immediately turned attention toward the mother instead but the girl acted like she was going to be kidnapped from the stage. She kept crying and trying to leave her seat until Neil abruptly went the other direction and her dad picked her up and pinned her to his chest. She stayed there in his lap the rest of the night. She never seemed to recover. I think she cried herself to sleep eventually.
I couldn't help but think...what a waste of a front row seat. It was empty most of the night. Everyone around the stage seemed tense after that becasue this little girl had to remain somewhere she obviously didn't want to be. Unfortunately it put a damper on the night. The parents probably didn't forsee this happening, but with little kids you never know how all the commotion and unfamiliar things going on will affect their emotions.
I was also at a Bette Midler concert a few years ago and Bette was scolding people in the front rows for bringing little ones. She said, herself, the show was not appropriate for small children and told the adults they were crazy for spending money on good seats for kids who should be home in bed. She was not kidding either.
It's really a tough call. If she goes, let us know how it turns out.
