Mother of four and SVP of a digital agency; 12+ years of marketing strategy experience; travel a lot (and so leave a lot of things behind in the shuffle)
My Mom takes me to LACMA (Los Angeles Contemporary Museum of Art) a lot and they have this great program there where kids and one adult guest get in free. It's called "Arts for Next Gen" and it's a program that should be exported to museums everywhere. This makes museum-going affordable for all. Now, once we're in and viewing all those cool Jeff Koons sculptures and Ed Ruscha paintings, we're stalked by security guards who see me and my brother (I'm 4 and he's 6) and go on orange-level alert, assuming one kid or another will touch something and the guard will have a chance to ? arrest ? detain ? warn me and my parents. But for those of us who have been instructed and reminded continuously by our annoying parents that touching art is not cool, it's kind of creepy to be followed around by uniform-clad dudes in such close proximity. Perhaps museums everywhere could create a Kids Culture class where kids spend an hour with their parents learning about museum etiquette and receive a badge after we complete the class. That way the guards can relax when they see a kid who - in some circumstances - may be better patrons than the adults.