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taste of chaos
theres a up coming tour called taste of chaos its kinda like warped tour but smaller..i really wanted to go and everything but i dont think mysparents will let me.i wanted to go with my friendand her parents let her go and they said as long as she finds a ride and someone to go with her..(its a hour away) but i really really want to go.can anyone give me something to work with and try and convince them to let me go?
p.s. my dad doesnt even let me go to the mall alone with my friends..ughh this is going to be hard
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go with your cousins or people who you are close with and your parents trust. hopefully it'll work out for you. i'm going to taste of chaos too with my cousins also lol so hope you can make it there. and oh i can't go to the mall alone with my friends either, even though i only live 2 blocks from it .. arghh parents!
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Glad you asked! I'm all over this one, as I'm pretty passionate about music.. AND, I'm a parent. I took my son to his first Warped Tour several years ago (I think he was about 14 then too). I admit I had some reservations and some pre-conceived notions, as I wasn't too familir with the whole punk, emo, screamo, etc scene. I imagined (like probably a lot parents) a sea of kids completely out of control, people getting hurt, total madness. I walked out of the warped tour with a whole different perspective. Sure, there were kids dressed to the hilt that could be viewed as "scary" by some, but I was completely blown away by how "normal" these kids were, and how they were kind and caring (helping people out if they fell down while dancing, etc.), not out of control, and just all together having a very good time! I didn't notice anyone that appeared to be drunk or messed up on drugs... nothing like that. No one getting in fights or being mean to others that I saw. I've been to several warped tours since, and they were all the same... just a lot of kids really enjoying that time to cut loose a bit and enjoy the music. More recently, I just go along to give him a ride and drop him off. I'm completely comfortable with how these things are handled, the security they have, etc. I did take him to the Taste of Chaos show as well. He was down on the floor having a blast getting bounced around in the pit. I was up in the bleachers just hanging out. Same thing there... nothing bad at all that I noticed. Of course, I suppose it depends on what part of the country you live in. Here in the midwest, things are generally a bit tamer.
Obviously your parents care a lot about you and your safety, so don't fault them for that. There's a lot of messed up stuff in the world, and your age is a vunerable one. Do not ever make the mistake of getting involved with drugs, alcohol, smoking, etc. Ask your parents to start trusting you and work to keep building that. Don't ever do anything to break their trust... it's so hard to get it back. Always be straight with them and don't ever lie. Ask them to take you to this show so they can experience first hand what it's all about. It may help them trust you more for future shows. (Tell them to pick up some ear plugs... screamo can be quite traumatic for us parent types! <g>). The music is going to be quite different than anything they may be used to, so prepare them for that. And if you do go, just hang out on the fringes of the crowd or in the back. You can have just as much fun there, as it can get sort of wild up front. Tell them to expect some F-words coming from the bands, because hey.. it happens. They are just words and it doesn't mean that you'll become rebellious and start throwing them around yourself.
I'll admit too that I gained a new appreciation for some of this music as well. Not so much the really hard core stuff, but there's a lot of it I do like now!
Now, on a side note. My wife has been to some outdoor country music festivals. I can safely say that the people (mainly the adults!) are 10 times more out of control than the vast majority of kids at these shows. I'd pick a warped tour (or Taste of Chaos show) over this crowd any day!
Feel free to share this with you parents, and remember to be cool and build their trust. Good luck and if you get to go.. Rock on! Have a great time and be careful!!
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Taste of chaos is going to be great. Basically the first concert I went to was this year (I'm also 14.) Anyways my parents were fine with me going as long as it wasn't on the floor. Just convince them that nothing will happen to you and that it will be a relatively safe concert.
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I, for one, went to TOC
it was splendid.
but the things I said were "we'll be with a lot of people" "do you know how many undercover people they put in the general admission place!?" "I got my grades up for no reason, did I?" "If you'd like you can stand next to me" "get me stadium seats if you're afraid of the moshpit!"
g'luck
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Okay yeah i had the same problem with concerts.I convinced my mom to let me go , Because It wasnt like i was to young. I mean i saw a 4 year old at a concert once. Just be like Im going to be with a friend We arent going to talk to anyone. We will stick together and not wonder off.If you have a cell phone be like I will have my cell phone on AT ALL TIMES. Im going to a panic! at the disco concert soon. And it took me like 3 days for my mom to say yes. Dont beg or else they will get fed up from hearing it.Ask one day and then wait maybe 2 days and then be like Have you talked it over yet, Thought about it?. It also does all depend on how old you are? I mean if your 11 of course there not going to let you but 13,14,15. Thats fine.. Just make good points on why you want to go. Make them resinable. Dont over exagerate.You may want to do it soon before tickets get sold out.. They sell fast.
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