If you’re bringing the kids to a music festival this summer, this product is a must have

Melissa Carton

Many families will be heading to music festivals this summer.

Last year I was at a camping music festival and couldn’t get over the number of children that were there.

There were moments during the weekend that even I got a little overwhelmed with all the noise, so I wondered how tiny children were dealing with it.

Then during one gig, I spotted a little girl on her dad’s shoulders wearing these.

These may look like regular headphones but they’re actually ear-defenders,noise-blocking headphones that protect young children’s ears from loud noises.

Now you might be asking yourself ‘well why would you bring a child at all if you feel it would be too loud?’.

A good example of when these would come in handy is if there is a big age gap between your children and you’ve planned to go to a festival. While an older child would be fine with listening to a concert a toddler might become distressed.

We’re planning on bringing the kids to a couple of music festivals this year and while I know my son is excited to see some of the acts I was worrying about how my daughter, who will be just shy of one, would cope and thought I might have to leave her with a sitter.

If I pick her up a pair of these though she’ll be able to come with us and we can enjoy the festival as a family.