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Public Forum Debate: No kids — what place for children?

Work · Thursday, January 21 · 20:00 · Saint-Herblain

Maison des Arts de St-Herblain, 26 Rue de Saint Nazaire

Free

Restaurants reserved for adults, no-kid wagons or hotels: spaces without children—are they becoming a powerful marketing argument? In the name of the calm and comfort of adults, are the younger ones becoming undesirable? Or does this trend reveal a society increasingly designed by and for adults? With birth rates falling, the no-kids phenomenon goes beyond the simple question of 'children as kings' deemed 'too noisy' or 'ill-behaved'. It questions the place we give to the youngest. It also invites looking at a more nuanced reality: adults, including parents, who may feel the need for moments …