[MR] Teenager abuse at Pennsic

[M'lady Foxy]

 I think we're missing the main point here.. Its the PARENTS responibility to make sure thier kids speak and act with respect no matter where they are be it an SCA event or mundane.If your kids aren't intreasted in sca events leave them to stay with a friend or family at home.What are these children learning by watching video or playing D&D in the activitys room (which is what I'd heard it called)?The whole premise of SCA is to recreate the time period we play in not roll dice to see if your troll kills someones elf... the idea of getting them involed at royal camp is a great idea with one flaw .. most teenagers are not the most reliable.I've had positive and negitive experiances with teens at war but no more then the adults I've been around at war.I seem to remember wars ago there was a teen camp ... and result was that too many incidents happened that they never repeated the idea to my knowledge.I think that it all comes down to parents getting
 involved and making real choices on what experiances they expect ...and laying clear rules for the teens in thier charge.

 Medb Ceitinn


--- On Thu, 8/14/08, mweymark at carolina.rr.com <mweymark at carolina.rr.com> wrote:

> From: mweymark at carolina.rr.com <mweymark at carolina.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [MR] Teenager abuse at Pennsic
> To: "Cian Conor MacQuaid" <Cian at MacQuaid.org>
> Cc: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Date: Thursday, August 14, 2008, 12:05 PM
> Actually you are correcct, the implication that the kids
> likely to cause trouble would not consider joining in was
> wrong to imply.  However, we do this because it is fun for
> us.  I do service because well, Im a service junky with a
> high amount of Helium in my arm blood (a condition my laurel
> is trying to cure).  I have had the good fortune of working
> along side some like afflicted teens, and I have also heard
> teens protest about doing service because it is like a
> chore.  
> 
> I think we (as a communitee) need to come up with social
> alternatives for our youth to keep their interest rather
> than finding jobs to keep them busy!  Teen gaming is a
> wonderful idea. And we could even take it a step further and
> have it run by older Pages (over 16 crowd).  Having the
> pages run the games might make being a page a little more
> appealing as well.  I dunno if we could legally do that but
> I mean if the teens are hanging out now without supervision
> wouldnt this be a step up?
> --
> 
> Caterine St. Loe
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