My 11 year old too young?

[mh5150]

I see you're in MD. Dave said "Washington" during the entire show. It was pretty funny. Man, you're lucky to be there to live it and breath it.

Every time we would see a show at the Capital Centre they would always say Baltimore-Washington. The Cap. Centre was in LARGO MD.

[mh5150]

Thanks to everyone for their opinions . I already had in my mind that we are going. Just waiting for them to come around . I am so Lucky to have the coolest 11 year old. CANT WAIT
Thanks

[ZahZoo]

Buy some ear plugs, take the kid.

Before you go remind him he'll see a lot of fat, middle-aged people acting strangely and wearing clothes 3 sizes too small. If you're lucky you'll be sitting next to some cool grey headed guy in a 28 year old tour shirt who drug his 10 & 13 year old kids along too.

[Top Gymmy]

My son will be 11 next year and has been playing guitar for a year and a half. He digs CVH and we recently played Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love at an open mic (with me on drums and lead vocals). He's now learning Panama. I'll be bringing him to see VH in concert next year.

[Sensible Shoes]

That is very cool.

[Blaze]

If he must partake of a music show , you could relent and allow him to attend, observing from a safe distance the modern-day Barry Manilow chaperoned by his therapist.

[DLR7884]

I'd take him in a heartbeat....my kid is 2 1/2 and I'm tempted to shove cotton in his ears and bring him! Just kidding.

Honestly, 11 is NOT too young...my first concert was ZZ Top on the Recycler Tour in 1991, I had just turned 12 and had a great time with my dad.

DLR7884
Go for it, he will appreciate the experience!

[Seshmeister]

I worry, probably wrongly, about trying to influence the music taste of my kids.

My gut instinct is probably out of date but should they not be into their own thing? There seems to be something a bit wrong to me about liking the same music as your parents.

[DLR7884]

I worry, probably wrongly, about trying to influence the music taste of my kids.

My gut instinct is probably out of date but should they not be into their own thing? There seems to be something a bit wrong to me about liking the same music as your parents.

So you'd rather have your kid listen to Justin Beiber or Lady Gaga?

DLR7884
Not me, no FUCKING way.

[Seshmeister]

That's kind of like 'which of your daughter's boyfriends would you prefer fucked you'.

I don't really see it as something I should be involved in. It's not my role or business.

Anyone I knew when I was a kid who liked their parents music was an absolute sheepish idiot hole.

[hambon4lif]

Most kids arrive at their preference through direct rebellion against what their parents liked.

I rebelled against every-fucking-thing else in the world, but I thought my folks had decent taste in music.

I grew up in a house where Humble Pie, Grand Funk, and Bad Company were played at window-rattling volume every night.
Most kids aren't that lucky.....

[DONNIEP]

I worry, probably wrongly, about trying to influence the music taste of my kids.

My gut instinct is probably out of date but should they not be into their own thing? There seems to be something a bit wrong to me about liking the same music as your parents.

My daughter is 11 and has been hearing VH since she was born. But it's just not what she's into. That's ok. She does love Dave's Yankee Rose video though - and who wouldn't? She has her music and even though it's shit I can appreciate that she likes it and I don't try to influence her at all. Although I just can't understand why Steely Dan doesn't have the same appeal to her it did to me when I first heard it back when I was 7...

[Hardrock69]

So you'd rather have your kid listen to Justin Beiber or Lady Gaga?

DLR7884
Not me, no FUCKING way.

[Starwood]

He ain't too young for Starwood.

[Seshmeister]

Most kids arrive at their preference through direct rebellion against what their parents liked.

I'm not playing Hagar in the house just to get them to like good music.

No way, I do enough for the little fuckers. That's too big a sacrifice.