Hang on a second!
All of you who are climbing up onto your parental high horse about this.

I have children.

I take my children out everywhere....and this is the real clincher...

WHERE IT IS APPROPRIATE

And by that I do not mean that I keep them away from all other adults, single or otherwise...

I take my kids to pubs and restaurants...always have done...

BUT

I would never, ever take my children to a place where I was in no fit state to drive home...

IF YOU'RE GOING TO CAMP AT A BEER FESTIVAL YOU ARE PLANNING TO GET PISSED AND NOT DRIVE HOME.

THEREFORE YOU ARE UNFIT TO CARE FOR YOUR CHILD

Unless some of you may have missed that point at parentcraft classes - you should NEVER be drunk in charge of a child.


The answer?

Take your kids (babies too) camping - hell, they're part of society!

But don't take them where they will be at risk...FROM YOU!

Go to a Beer festival without your kids...or wait until they're old enough to be able to care for themselves if you get rat-arsed.

Is it really that difficult?
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 1 Jul 2008, 17:21, Reply)