Column Calls for Wider Family Pricing at Activities and Venues

A Washington Examiner column urges governments, nonprofits, and businesses to adopt family pricing at parks, museums, and other venues. The piece states that per-person charges make some activities twice as expensive for a family of eight as for a family of four.

The column contrasts this with Great Wolf Lodge, which includes water-park passes for everyone in a room, making a family of eight only about 25 percent more expensive than a family of four. It notes that campgrounds typically charge per site rather than per person.

The column recommends that state and local governments set family pricing as the standard where possible. Under the suggested model, children would be free or heavily discounted, and babies and toddlers would enter at no charge. It further proposes that any nonprofit receiving government support adopt full family pricing or at least a 75 percent discount for children.

The column also suggests a federal tax credit for businesses that introduce certified family pricing tiers.

The piece calls for broader cultural pressure on companies and organizations to offer family pricing. It states that such a shift could become a national norm within a year if started this summer. The column links the idea to concerns about declining birth rates and childhood anxiety, describing larger families as a positive social signal.