[MR] Activitys (was Teen Abuse...)

[jon]

Greetings to all in the Merry Rose.    I'm loving this discussion...I have
always felt that the SCA will see it's best days when we figure out how to
fully incorporate our kids into the life of the Society.

3 brief comments.

-    Seems to me that one of the  real issues here might lie in correcting
in the latent hypocrisy that lets a middle-aged newbie, fresh from the couch
potato farm, wander on to a rattan field  barely knowing which end of the
weapon to hold, while in the same breath making a fully enculturated  16 or
17 year old kid, who grew up in the SCA (one or both parents being
experienced combatants if not belted in some manner) fool around with
boffers.   Realize that  "legal adult" status is indeed a valid issue but
that's why the parents are there.... there are tons of martial arts schools
and fencing salles' that cater to the young bloods without watering down the
art.

-   Other words that come to mind:
"mentoring"
"page"
"squire" (in the period sense, not current SCA sense)

See my first comment for possible application.    Having real, method-based,
incentive-driven training programs would be key to making this work.   As a
former church youth leader and someone who works on occasion  with kids in
mundane martial arts  I can say that you only get out of them what you put
into them.


my thoughts....

Jon

Jonathan Foor

SCA:

Jonathan Fuhr
or
Colgrim the not-as-pious-as-he-used-to-be