I've never used the children's facilities much at festivals - partly because I don't like to leave Hamm with anyone I don't actually know. Pretty much the mums-eye view of Dave The Gnome's point. The only times I did use them were when Hamm's friend was attending a kiddie workshop & she wanted to go too. I prefer to have her with us - ie I see the festival as a family experience (we usually operate as a unit rather than as parents and a child anyway). But then, I was lucky that she has always enjoyed the festivals & behaved well - also that there is only the one of her...... So, for us any charge for her attendance is perfectly valid as she is taking up a seat at concerts etc etc. I can see that the price gets out of hand where you have more than one child - so I'd like to see more festivals where a blanket affordable "family" ticket price is available to cover any reasonable configuration of adults + kids.