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DEAR MISS MANNERS: My friend’s son wants to go to a concert, and she is not sure if he is too young at age 6. What do you think?
GENTLE READER: When Miss Manners hears the word “concert,” she thinks of the symphony, and if little Wolfgang wants to go, why not take him?
The only prerequisite is that she first teach him concert manners, including sitting quietly and not clapping between symphonic movements.
Wait — is it possible that Miss Manners’s definition of a concert is somewhat narrow? Could little Wolfgang be thinking of something with a bit more noise, obscenity, sex and possibly violence?
In that case, it would not be a good idea to teach him how the audience behaves. The best way to is to keep him home until he is old enough to drive himself there.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My friend’s son wants to go to a concert, and she is not sure if he is too young at age 6. What do you think?
GENTLE READER: When Miss Manners hears the word “concert,” she thinks of the symphony, and if little Wolfgang wants to go, why not take him?
The only prerequisite is that she first teach him concert manners, including sitting quietly and not clapping between symphonic movements.
Wait — is it possible that Miss Manners’s definition of a concert is somewhat narrow? Could little Wolfgang be thinking of something with a bit more noise, obscenity, sex and possibly violence?
In that case, it would not be a good idea to teach him how the audience behaves. The best way to is to keep him home until he is old enough to drive himself there.