Did you go to concerts with your parents?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have taken our teens to concerts before and I feel like I’ve seen social media posts of kids/teens at concerts with their parents.

I think back to my youth and I never went to any concerts with my parents, nor did I want to. Did you?

If you also think this is more prevalent now, do you think it is more prevalent because kids are closer to their parents than back in the day? Or because parents are more protective?

48 and until I was old enough to drive/18 my parents always took us to concerts. I still remember my Dad taking us to see NKOTB when I was 12..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you also think this is more prevalent now, do you think it is more prevalent because kids are closer to their parents than back in the day? Or because parents are more protective?

The answer is yes.

[Anonymous]

No

I asked for the cash most times

[Anonymous]

My mom took me to see the Rolling Stones when I was in 8th grade (1997 or 1998) because she got tickets at the last minute and didn't have anyone else to bring. It was definitely eye opening as a sheltered preteen....lots of weed smoking in the crowd. She was permissive about some things and strict about others.

[Anonymous]

Gen X here. Never went to a concert with a parents. I have take my daughter (a teen now) to several. We enjoy them.

[Anonymous]

I never went with my parents, but they were friends with a younger couple who were going to take me to see Prince for his Purple Rain tour. He ended up canceling our location, though.

I have taken my teens/tweens to concerts. We've seen Wu-Tang, Common, Nas & Damien Marley (they toured together), and Kendrick Lamar, to name a few.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No of course not. But I’m a Gen Xer- no one went to concerts with their mom 😂

Yeah sorry, I did. My first concerts were the The Four Tops with the Temptations and Neil Diamond at Wolf Trap when I was in elementary school, with my parents. A little older I went to Elton John at Merriweather Post Pavilion with my mom and her friends with their kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No of course not. But I’m a Gen Xer- no one went to concerts with their mom 😂

Yeah sorry, I did. My first concerts were the The Four Tops with the Temptations and Neil Diamond at Wolf Trap when I was in elementary school, with my parents. A little older I went to Elton John at Merriweather Post Pavilion with my mom and her friends with their kids.

Yeah, sorry. Not really regular GenX concerts. That’s soft rock.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No of course not. But I’m a Gen Xer- no one went to concerts with their mom 😂

I'm 21:18 and a Gen Xer - people absolutely went with their moms or got dropped off/picked up by their moms.

Dropped off and picked up, yes. I’m talking about actually going to the concert with you. None of our parents did that. We would have been mortified.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No of course not. But I’m a Gen Xer- no one went to concerts with their mom 😂

I'm 21:18 and a Gen Xer - people absolutely went with their moms or got dropped off/picked up by their moms.

Dropped off and picked up, yes. I’m talking about actually going to the concert with you. None of our parents did that. We would have been mortified.

+1 Parents started regularly chaperoning their millennial kids to concerts.

Gen Xers just went with their friends or older siblings. We experienced true freedom in our youth!

[Anonymous]

HUNDREDS! My parents loved concerts (still do). They took us to see anyone and everyone.

Journey
The Eagles
Garth Brooks
Rolling Stones
Tom Petty
Bob Seger
John Mellencamp
Ryan Adams
RHCP
Lynryd Skynyrd
Pearl Jam
DMB
Rod Stewart
Boccelli
Alabama
The Cranberries

We always snuck up as close as we could get