Has anybody been to one of those abominations that is a 'baby rave'?
It's a very genteel 'rave' where dance music is played at an acceptable level and you bring your children who can do activities like finger painting and making dream catchers? People breastfeeding and slinging on dance floor. No booze or drugs. I was roped into going to one with a friend and just spent the entire time staring on in horror thinking 'None of you people have been to a real rave, if you had you'd be building a wicker man for whoever organised this abomination right now'.
If anybody used to rave in London I wonder if they remember that mad woman (Jeannie?) who had her entire hair in those thin hair wraps, always used to get completely fucked up and take her kit off and dance naked? Used to bring about 10 of her feral children with her? About 45 or so late 90s?
Hers were the only kids I saw at raves back in the day. They were filthy and practically totally wild and used to rinse all the pilled up ravers for cash and pick their pockets. Or steal their drugs then sell them back to them. Or take them themselves. I saw one of her kids about 6 having a spliff once, poor sod.
A rave isn't a rave unless seeing kids at it necessitates a call to social services.
Mind you OP, if you did go you'd probably end up looking a bit like her! I think us young ones viewed her with a mixture of fascination and contempt.