Im going to chime in on the children at ANY event including cons. I have my daughter in a approved jawa for the galactic academy and she was at two events so far. She does not own a hard armor suit as it is not cannon and its also not approved by the legion for children in hard armor. She is also not 18 so she is NOT a member of the legion, but is a cadet. I understand children may have armor and be a cadet, but they are non cannon suits and being that the CTG is going to be representing the 501st and collecting for the charity associated with Carrie Fisher the con is a 501st event and children should not be allowed unless in cannon suits. ?? There are even points about children in the post about children at events. ?? Are the children going to be comped tickets? According to this post their parents are to purchase a ticket for the said child ?? Who is going to watch said children at this LARGE event? What if said child gets tired and they have to suit down? ?? I am sorry but i think children should not be at this said event in unapproved suits as to keep the illusion as seen on screen. If the parents do purchase a ticket for their child and that parent is on table duty said child shouldn???t be there without a supervising adult to handle said child not the member who is ???on duty??? and working. Said child should have a supervising parent for them. I understand this is a public event and there will be kids there in their own costumes but im against children in hard armor as it was not seen on screen and takes away from the illusion of reality. ?? My daughter will only be in a cannon suit and will only be attending any event with permission. However she will not be attending this said event as its too big for her to do, she will get bored very quickly and will not want to be there all weekend. She can handle the smaller events like the event in stratford we did last year, the Apple harvest parade we did last year was too much for her but she trooped it like a champ and afterwards said that was too much but she signed up and was going to do it so she can be allowed at other events and not be a problem by suiting down.
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