George has been to an up-close-and-personal event on British soil, when they took him to the air show.
I wonder if it's not an accident that a disproportionate number of public or semi-public "interaction with people" events they've been to have involved airplanes, whether getting on or off or looking at them. It's interesting to the kids, it's exciting, and it's generally brief. Most others have involved other kids (NZ and Victoria) and animals (AUS zoo, polo, Victoria), again things that are inherently compelling.
It seems like a good way of easing them into it, TBH. Introducing a child to interacting with people is easier if they actually *want* to be at the event.
I wonder if it's not an accident that a disproportionate number of public or semi-public "interaction with people" events they've been to have involved airplanes, whether getting on or off or looking at them. It's interesting to the kids, it's exciting, and it's generally brief. Most others have involved other kids (NZ and Victoria) and animals (AUS zoo, polo, Victoria), again things that are inherently compelling.
It seems like a good way of easing them into it, TBH. Introducing a child to interacting with people is easier if they actually *want* to be at the event.