Your kids will be fine! As a teen, I used to go to concerts with my cousins/friends ALL the time. My mom (or someone else's) would drop us off and then pick us up at a predetermined spot. I vividly remember going to a Janet Jackson concert with a friend in matching Eddie Bauer outfits in the early 90s.

As a pp said, find a spot they can easily get to a couple blocks away from Verizon center and pick them up there. OR have them metro somewhere. There are going to be another 18,000 taking the metro too, so they should be fine. Just emphasize that the stick together no.matter.what and that whoever goes needs a cell phone.

Anonymous wrote:I would never let my teens (14 and 17) go to a concert without parental supervision, even if it is just us a few rows back being inconspicuous. These events are often full of drugs, alcohol and sex. Ecstasy is one of the most common drugs in such events, and if you overdose on ecstasy your child could die from either extreme dehydration or over-consumption.

Sex is often just passed around. Some venues/events have official running tallies of couples caught, sometimes with visuals.

What concert did you attend where sex was "just passed around", and what does that even mean? I went to dozens of concerts in the late 90s/early 2000s at multiple venues in multiple states, and these were "Alternative" and granola crunchie concerts (Phish, Rusted Root), and the venues were arenas, outdoor festivals, and a few universities. I never, EVER saw sex at a concert. I rarely saw drugs at these events. In fact, my friends and I had resolved to buy pot at a concert once, and we were unable to find a single person selling it, despite scouring the venue.

The ONLY concert I ever attended where I DID see sex and rampant drug use was the 1995 Grateful Dead concert I attended with my dad. The drug users and people engaging in sex acts were parent-aged (and older) people. It was a totally different atmosphere than the concerts I attended with mostly teen audiences. My dad and I walked around outside before the concert and looked at all of the aging hippies and hippie has-beens engaging in all sorts of illegal activities, joyfully. I thought the whole thing was really cool to look at in a very retro kind of way.

So I think your kid is going to be fine.

Anonymous wrote:I would never let my teens (14 and 17) go to a concert without parental supervision, even if it is just us a few rows back being inconspicuous. These events are often full of drugs, alcohol and sex. Ecstasy is one of the most common drugs in such events, and if you overdose on ecstasy your child could die from either extreme dehydration or over-consumption.

Sex is often just passed around. Some venues/events have official running tallies of couples caught, sometimes with visuals.

Dude, it's not the 70's! But sometimes I wish it were

I would never let my teens (14 and 17) go to a concert without parental supervision, even if it is just us a few rows back being inconspicuous. These events are often full of drugs, alcohol and sex. Ecstasy is one of the most common drugs in such events,

It's a radio-station sponsored Christmas show at Verizon Center, not a rave at Echostage! No one is going to be using ecstasy or having sex. People of legal drinking age might be drinking a $10 beer, but they aren't going to pour it down OP's 15 year old's throat. I don't think PP has ever been to Verizon Center.

Anonymous wrote:I would never let my teens (14 and 17) go to a concert without parental supervision, even if it is just us a few rows back being inconspicuous. These events are often full of drugs, alcohol and sex. Ecstasy is one of the most common drugs in such events, and if you overdose on ecstasy your child could die from either extreme dehydration or over-consumption.

Sex is often just passed around. Some venues/events have official running tallies of couples caught, sometimes with visuals.

If I overdose on ecstasy, my child could die from either extreme dehydration or over-consumption? OK, I will prevent that from happening by not taking ecstasy.

(I would also like to know how sex can be "just passed around".)

Thanks everyone. I think it's a great age to learn how to ride the metro by herself so I'm going to take a few practice runs with her before the show. I think it will be the fastest way home for her. But the pick up location at Clyde's or Chipotle will be a good alternative.