Vpwiz wrote: Personally, if I had children, I wouldn't bring them anywhere
near a casino until they were at least age 12. Quite frankly, I'd prefer to
shelter them from some of the worst behavior on parade until such time as
I'm sure they can discern for themselves what's appropriate and what's
foolhardy in adult behavior. But I have friends who have brought younger
children on stays without incident, and who responsibly ensure that the kids
are appropriately occupied, not bored, and not prone to seek out trouble.
For that, I admire them.
---Ok, I'll chime in on this one. Since I'm an old dad with a young son,
parenting alone, and I live and work in LV, and a good part of my work
involves casinos, my son is with me quite often, since a very young tot!
Now, of course he's not in the casino for anything gambling related, but we
go to many shows and concerts, and we certainly enjoy the pools and
restaurants! We often bring friends and they ice skate and we go to movies
and Kid's Tyme and Kid's Quest and bowling! They all love walking Fremont
street, the live music, dancing (we just went a week or so ago to see
America's Best Dance Crew Electrolytes perform for the opening of the Hip
Hop Internationals!) street performers and light shows. And walking the
Strip and places like the Adventure Dome at Circus Circus. He knows if he
lived anywhere else in the world he'd never see entertainment, shows and
concerts like he does here and we have a great time hanging out together.
Other times, he stays home with an adult or goes to a friend's house. I see
worse behavior in the schools here than in the casinos!
Scot
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