And we four Australians did as Australians are wont to do: we got among it, watching, talking, laughing and admiring the quality of our drinks (lager for the grown-ups, lemonade for the kid).

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2023/feb/12/queenslands-beer-garden-culture-seemed-wonderful-to-me-then-i-went-to-munich

At least the grown-ups, Petra Antila and Tuomas Suurpää, feel that way.

Source: https://finland.fi/life-society/digital-services-in-finland-help-families-lead-smoother-lives/

Heartbroken as grown-ups may be over the result, they must not lash out and damage the next generation.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-voice-was-defeated-by-the-yes-campaign-20231015-p5ecd5.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

I said when I talk to grown-ups, I take my hat off, and my glasses off.

Source: https://deadspin.com/jay-norvell-colorado-state-deion-sanders-1850839115

It requires us to be grown-ups, to settle for living in a society in which some people, no matter how hard we try, just aren’t going to do what we say or believe what we believe.

Source: https://jocoreport.com/opinion-freedom-is-the-solution-not-the-problem/

On this journey, the Little Prince faces the baffling world of grown-ups, from a king who reigns over nothing to a businessman obsessively counting stars, from a mysterious snake to a wise and friendly fox.

Source: https://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/23281171.little-prince-stage-queens-hall-hexham-february/?ref=rss

Politics should be about the voters, and Parliament should look like grown-ups respectfully figuring out how best to collaborate to represent their constituents’ wishes.

Source: https://www.libdemvoice.org/politics-should-be-about-the-people-its-crucial-we-secure-democratic-reform-73884.html

Sometimes it’s the children who force the grown-ups to reconnect and confront their emotions, as when Elora tracks down her white biological father (Ethan Hawke, perfectly cast as a screw-up trying to make good).

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/arts/television/reservation-dogs-finale.html

Specifically designed for children under 10, there will be a Baby Zone where the tiniest of visitors can learn to play, a giant 110ft obstacle course where both kids and grown-ups can compete, and a role play area where kids can run their own farm.

Source: https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/whats-on/things-to-do/funtopia-childrens-festival-visits-derbyshire-town-for-the-first-time-4137963

There are also truly awful kids' movies out there to be sure, and if anything they seem more cynical and less forgivable than bad movies aimed at grown-ups.

Source: https://collider.com/10-worst-family-and-kids-movies-of-all-time-according-to-rotten-tomatoes/

There’s plenty for the kids as well as the grown-ups, as you immerse yourself in its history and find out why it inspired the famous book and blockbuster the Da Vinci Code.

Source: https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/whats-on/things-to-do/spring-days-out-discover-this-popular-attraction-close-to-edinburgh-and-why-it-inspired-the-da-vinci-code-4068546

Whereas kids, the movies teach us, now move through the world with the verbal precocity and confident observational style of grown-ups.

Source: https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/family-switch-review-jennifer-garner-ed-helms-1235818470/

Young children enjoy poring over book covers with a time-defying immersion that grown-ups unfortunately tend to lose.

Source: https://gozo.news/102180/stamp-issue-depicts-iconic-maltese-childrens-books/