We play folk music to kids in the Georgia public schools through Young Audiences. For the most part, kids are highly accepting.

There is a kind of prevailing attitude that quiet folk concerts are too "adult" for kids. Some "adult" audiences have complained that kids are too noisy for "adult" concerts. I love to see kids in the audience. I love the enthusiastic response that they give, albeit sometimes boisterous. I can't imagine a Pete Seeger concert without kids there. Woody always wrote for them. The best folk singers honor children and speak to them directly.

One of the beautiful things about folk music is that it's meant for all ages. It's important that kids are recognized and respected as the carriers of the tradition of folk music.

Kids are there. Folk music lives.

Frank