On the other hand, I've known at least one situation in which absurdly bad parenting put the con into serious legal jeopardy. Nothing happened, but if it had the con would have been fucked. So, I haven't seen situations in which people have been told to take their kid and leave - but I have seen situations in which people have had to be firmly told to take their kid and not let them roam the halls while they booze it up. People who try to use the con as cheap baby-sitting appall me, and you have to have rules in place to prevent it. But it's rare.

I'm not talking about people who have kids who are old enough to actively participate in age appropriate items that their parents know they are at - if your kids are enjoying the con, are old enough to be left unattended, and you know where they are and they know where you are, fine. But kids in corridors crying at midnight is another story.

This isn't an argument against kids at cons, just that con committees do actually need to think about the rights and responsibilities of both the con and the attendees.