[MR] Re: Encourage the children in SCA. OOPs FORGOT URL

[Rick Allison]

I humbly apologize, the URL is broken, I will forward it ASAP.


I have been involved with the Drachenwalds Childerns guild
and yes some drop off the kids, but when the expectations are clear fewer just
leave em.
here we try to weave the childerns activities into the day and the court/feast
usually with an activity (A&S type) some games and as I am a heavy fighter
I encourage and help develop boffer and some martial stuff.
Primarily we endeavor to ensure there is a playground at the site
and also the very dedicated staffers for the guild are always around.

The practice is that the guild has a leader who maintains some records for the
kids
which include an award system for attendance, good behavior, activities etc...
This person also coordinates regional guild leaders to ensure someone is at
every event
at least to help supervise the kids somehow, along with the parents.
I must state that in Drachenwald everyone in the group are the childrens
minders.
here is the URL for the Drachenwald Childrens Guild.

I and my family will take up residency in fair Atlantia April 22nd.
As members of the Shire of Roxbury Mill.


At 15:08 16/04/01 -0400, ruadh wrote:
>I have heard these generic statements for years, and in groups other than
>SCA.  My question still is "Why does the leadership continue to make the
>child's experience of SCA so meaningless? Where is the *encouragement* for
>the children,  and those adults who continue to volunteer their time to the
>children, in spite of all the 'policy making' ? "    Yes, when you are
>dumped upon, you can also send them away too.  And call down the parents for
>doing so.  But I also praise some parents that have stayed at my camp to
>help, and even bring 'goodies' or a new craft to share with the 'day' crowd.
>Ru
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <Morghana at aol.com>
>Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 12:39 PM
>Subject: [MR] Mobs was Re: Encourage the children in SCA.
>
> ruadh at home.com writes:
>>   <<Too many Events blantently state that there will be NO
>>       children activity. Then "they" complain about the young mobs roaming
>about
>>        the camps. >>
>>
>> Yes and?  When an event states that there are NO children's activities,
>and
>> parents bring them... it is the PARENTS who are still responsible for
>their
>> children.  Period.
>>
>> While SCA may be "child-friendly", it is still an organization of, by and
>for
>> adults.  That means that the adults who have chosen to procreate and
>> participate (both voluntary, I will point out) also *need* to assume total
>> responsibility for the depth and breadth of their children's actions and
>> activities.  If more childrens' activities are wanted at events, where are
>> the volunteers?
>>
>> Children's activities are WAY too often used as "dumping grounds" by
>> oblivious parents who expect that for little to nothing, they have all-day
>> childcare.  This is rude, ridiculous, and sure goes a long way to
>explaining
>> why it isn't easy to plan and staff events that do have kids' activities.
>>
>> ~Morghana
>>
>
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