I'm with you Lucy. We have five children between us and it can be very expensive if we have to buy tickets for them especially if they intend to spend the whole weekend hiding in a tent playing with a gameboy! I am particularly annoyed when a childrens ticket is described as being for up to 14 years! Since when did they become adults at that point?? We tend to get our money's worth with Maddie as she enjoys the ceilidhs and concerts but as you say she is only 8 and cannot sit in silence for long!! Also she cannot go anywhere unaccompanied so is not always able to go to her first choice of venue. I favour the idea of allowing children to go free but charging for workshops and specific childrens events separately. That way you pay for what they want to do but are not penalised for having to take them with you when you want to do something else!!! Bearing in mind that having children often means you can't get to all the things you would like to this would hardly be a great financial loss to the organisers.