Well, I do not have kids personally so maybe wouldn't be the best to comment, however, from someone who has travelled and lived in multiple countries and cultures, it is my observation that children here (Buenos Aires) are given a lot more attention than in other places. 75% of the shows on Corrientes are childrens' shows, with ticket prices costing up to 250 pesos a pop, and yet their are masses and masses of lines from parents who I KNOW must be making quite the sacrifice to take their kids to see these, and not just that, but then there are all the little souvenirs, face painting, etc. I have also noticed that here parents tend to take their children with them to places where, perhaps it would be better to leave small children at home with grandma or a sitter. I was having dinner at Happening, a very nice Puerto Madero restaurant, and there was a family with five children, and the parents were doing nothing while the kids ran around the restaurant, threw chairs down, climbed under tables, the nadir was when they knocked over a nearby wine ice bucket holder at which the mother simply gave them a discontent frown. Needless to say, a lot of other diners were not very pleased.