little kids at shows not age appropriate — Page 3

You know what's interesting. I've seen The Lion King and Cinderella, and I actually found myself saying "Where ARE the kids". I think the only time that I've seen many kids at a show was when I went to London and saw Wicked.

Every kid has a different maturity level. You as a parent have to decide what your child is going to take away from the show and go from there. If the parents thought that their kids could handle it, then so be it!

As for the whole manners thing, I feel like there is no escaping that, child OR adult.

One thing that I have noticed in terms of going to the theatre is that sometimes the kids are smarter and behave better than the parents. I remember witnessing the same thing both at a performance of Beauty and the Beast and Mary Poppins. The mother assumed that, due to the child's age, they had no clue what was going on. So, the mother took it upon herself to give the kids a running commentary of what was happening on the stage. The kids had a look on their face that read "shut up Mom, we're trying to watch the show."

I think that sometimes kids know more/ behave better than given credit for sometimes.

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