LET'S SAY yous've been to Called-for Man a few times; you take your camp, your friends, and your volunteer shifts sorted out…but you're set for a new challenge. Rather than leave your child at home with their grandparents, why non bring them along this fourth dimension? Here's how you can do information technology.

Burning Man is child-friendly but may not be appropriate for your kid.

Children of all ages are welcome at Burning Homo. Information technology'south awesome to meet a new generation pounding rebar or helping out with Black Rock Scouts. But non every kid is happy everywhere. You need to know your child well plenty to answer some questions: can they handle heat and grit? How are they with unfamiliar situations, sudden loud noises, or strangers coming upward to them? Can they sleep with a ruckus going on all night? Burning Man is seriously overstimulating; do you accept plans for what to exercise if your kid loses the plot a little flake? If there is an emergency or you just demand some lone time, do yous have plans for this? Having kids with y'all drastically change the experience of your Burn. Consider whether or not it is a proficient idea before you move frontwards.

Kids under the historic period of 12 come in for free.

Kids can become to Burning Human for free until they're twelve. This saves yous almost $500 and hours of waiting in line for a ticket. Anyone under xviii must go with a parent or legal guardian, so don't consider bringing someone else'south kid to the upshot: it's large, and at that place'southward a lot of potentially hazardous situations. If your kid is close to the ticket cutoff, y'all will likely be asked for proof of age.

Kids are adaptable and beloved new experiences.

There are so many reasons to bring your children to this fantastic event. You might only non consider the idea of taking separate vacations, just you might likewise want to intentionally introduce them to a artistic, collaborative experiment in customs. There are enormous, one-of-a-kind experiences to exist had in the Blackness Rock Desert, and your kids can make full with wonder when they become to ride on a dragon art car or get invited to hula hoop in Middle Camp. Kids don't have expectations the way adults practice, and they live in the moment — both skills we should likely cultivate more — so they will roll with the punches way more than you will. Nigh people adore seeing kids and babies on-playa, so you might be surprised how many new friends volition entertain and engage your kid.

Follow the survival guide.

Kids demand lots of balance, particularly if they're overheated. They need comfy clothes, and a style to get around. Don't just programme your own playa bike: pimp their stroller or bike trailer (or bike, depending on age). Brand certain they accept some time every twenty-four hours to balance in the shade. It tin be tempting to only run all over the identify and get worn out; kids demand to pace themselves every bit much equally adults. Called-for Man published a Family Survival Guide which will serve you well.

Consider Kidsville.

In that location is a whole village dedicated to parents with kids. Information technology'southward called Kidsville. Parents and their children are welcome to sign up to stay there and use the village infrastructure. At that place are regular daily events specifically for children, several trampolines, and a generally blasé mental attitude towards a toddler shrieking in the night. They are oftentimes placed near Hushville (the quiet hamlet), so it tends to exist relatively repose nearby (at least, not close to the large-scale sound camps). Kidsville provides ID bracelets for every child camping there, which ensures that if they get lost, they volition be easily returned.

Prep your kids for playa-readiness.

Y'all five-twelvemonth-sometime not used to wearing face masks? Practise wearing dust masks or bandanas at domicile for a few weeks before leaving for the playa so they can adjust. Make sure they always know to bring food and water if they are going anywhere. Reinforce traffic safety: just considering cars are moving slowly at Called-for Homo does not mean they tin't injure and kill pedestrians. Kids demand to know not to meet the street or into open playa (where art cars drive erratically), and that they must ALWAYS wear substantial amounts of light on their person if they are going out at night. Go over fire prophylactic and prophylactic effectually strangers. If your kids are old plenty to wander without yous, they need to know what to do if an errant poi swing catches their costume on burn down.

Keep them fed and watered.

If you call up you struggle to beverage enough h2o because Burning Man is fun and distracting, your kid will struggle twice as hard. In that location are no refrigerators on playa unless you bring them yourself, so planning to keep chest milk frozen or heat up formula might be also much for yous to handle; it'southward probably best if your kid is either drinking directly from the tap or former plenty to be weaned. If your child is eating regular nutrient, make sure you bring lots of things you know they will like, including even more snacks than you think (e'er accept snacks with you lot). If your child doesn't eat them, someone else might appreciate a handful of goldfish crackers. Make sure they e'er take water and drinkable information technology. If they don't like regular h2o, mix information technology with a little Emergen-C or hydration powder to add season and electrolytes.

Discover a manner to stay in touch.

If your kids are quondam enough to use a walkie-talkie, consider getting a pair and picking a aqueduct to regularly check in throughout the day. The whole city goes on lockdown when a lost child is reported: nobody may enter or get out until the child is found. This means fifty-fifty 16-yr-olds who wander off with their new 22-year-old crush. This is a huge brunt on Burning Human being operations, so do not maliciously study your child lost to prove a betoken, and effort to keep an eye on them at all times. Consider implementing a meeting bespeak for if you go separated: if you cannot find each other within a set corporeality of time, go to the designated location and wait.

Set up a schedule.

While adults love to get loopy and play things by ear while on vacation, near kids part all-time with a fairly rigid routine. Teenagers are a different story, just by and large, try and keep to a simple schedule where possible. Your kid can run around and do whatever they similar but must be dorsum in time for luncheon and a lie-down. Bedtime should be the same every night. This will help continue everybody sane.

Let your child calls the shots.

Ever arrange to the to the lowest degree comfy person's comfort level. This doesn't mean you have to be at the mercy of a toddler'south whims (although if you lot have a toddler, you kind of are anyway), just it does mean that you should be spending a lot of fourth dimension planning things to help your kids feel comfy, happy, and healthy. They cannot stay out long hours similar you tin can; they cannot just look to go pee or snack when they get home. Consider them a friend who has some actress needs that you are responsible for.

Read what other people have to say.

Cheque out the kids' page of the Burning Man Journal and read immediate accounts from parents and kids. Many other people take experienced this and come through it merely fine; yous will not be the first and you won't exist the last. Burning Human being welcomes you and your children, and we promise to see pictures of dusty kids with big smiles when you get dorsum.

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