For what it's worth, I think there is a difference between what we choose to sing in an event or workshop geared especially for children and one geared for adults in which children just happen to be present. If, for example, I'm going to be singing for a school or a children's reading hour in a library, I would err on the side of caution. I'd like folksingers to be allowed to sing there again, among other things. Also, not all kids are the same - some will deal well with the bawdier aspect of the songs; others won't be able to handle it. Many just won't understand.

It's not a matter of protecting our own children - it's a matter of respecting other families' decisions in an environment that is advertised as being child-oriented.

Just my two cents.

Dan Schatz