[MR] [Fwd: Re: Teenager abuse at Pennsic

[Steven Chang]

Archery is readily available at almost every event that has archery in this
area. There are alot of teenagers shooting archery and I even saw one that
was on our Champions team that was only 15 and a Grandmaster!

At pennsic they had plenty of activities for kids and if parents really
wanted to get them involved, they could have. The fact is some of those kids
in the Bathhouse just wanted to hang out there. No amount of haranging would
change their minds.

Heck I know at my first Pennsic I got tired of walking around and went in
there to play the arcade machines for a few hours. Back when there was
arcade machines there.

I personally don't see the problem with kids hanging out at the Bathhouse,
as long as they can behave in a civilized manner and limit their activities
and noise levels.

Some of those other suggestions about putting them to work etc, sounds too
much like child labor to me. Heck why don't we just give em to the Tuchuks
and have em chained up in the ale houses?

-Donal Maclauren of Highland Foorde

On 8/14/08, rapier3971 at aol.com <rapier3971 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> I also agree we should find other things for teens to do besides fighting.
> As a youth armored combat marshal with two 13 old twins I can tell you that
> they get really bored when they are not fighting. Most of the time there is
> nothing for them to do between the youth tourneys at most events. A&S youth
> competitions are OK, but the kids do the work at home not in the events.
> They need some activities besides fighting. Right now there only three
> things teens can do at most event, archery, youth combat and youth rapier.
> The last two not available at all events. It would be great if event
> coordinators would start finding?activities for kids 12 and up. Or create
> tasks for them to volunteers maybe as retainers, messengers, etc. Face it,
> participation for us adults would be hard if we had to drag our kids with us
> to places they would not rather be. So far I'm lucky, they both love it and
> I want to keep it that way.
> In service,
> Pepin de Bourgogne.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cian Conor MacQuaid <Cian at MacQuaid.org>
> To: Merry Rose <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> Sent: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:56 pm
> Subject: [MR] [Fwd: Re: Teenager abuse at Pennsic]
>
>
>
> > would not be especially interesting to later teens. I think rousting them
> > out of the bathhouse duirng day and evenign hours will only result in
> them
> > relocating to someplace else (possibly more secluded...say the swimming
> > hole) and less easily watched.
> > Axel
>
>
> I fully concur, knowing that next year we will probably be bringing a
> 13yo son and a 14 yo daughter to their (and our) first Pennsic.
>
> Sir Cian
>
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