[Ansteorra] Children ID Tags!

[Jolene Graves]

When my kids were younger I either has a favor on their belt or a tabord.
Embroidery or fabric paint the information. With the favors I put the
mundane information on the back.
On Feb 11, 2012 7:20 PM, "Pukhta 'Pooky' Lovtsevich" <
pookyloves at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good and Wonderful Day Ansteorra,
>
> I have thought for many years that a form of I.D. Tag for children is
> a necessary thing to have happen.
>
> Pooky Story Time:
>
> Often, all too often, a child is not with their parent or legal
> guardian and experience a momentary laps of happiness.
>
> So there is a upset crying child, mild to moderately hysterical, and
> either too young or too upset or too unfamiliar to share their
> parental or legal guardian's information such as SCA Name, Camping
> Group / Household or SCA Group.
>
> What I need on a Children ID Tag, minimally, is:
>
> Child's Name
> Par / Leg Guar's SCA Name
> Group e,g, Wolfstar or Hellsgate or Pooky's Friend (for new people
> they could list the person that introduced them to the SCA)
> Phone Number (I think parent's should carry their phone and be
> permitted to step to one side and answer their phone without getting
> attitude for funging up the period schwe' of others)
>
> Another Pooky Point:
>
> It would be really really helpful if Parents and Legal Guardians would
> make sure their child knows where their Child ID Tag is on their
> personage.
>
> A 6'6", 320 pound, bald, serious-looking male rifling over the outer
> garments of a crying-hysterical child, might appear unseemly.
>
> Mandating a specific place the Child ID Tag is carried probably wont
> work cause some kid wont like it, and therefore less accepting and
> compliant.
> Mandating the type of id tag probably wouldn't work because some
> Parents and Legal Guardians or Children Youths or Minors would for
> example prefer it sewn into the garb than worn around the neck.
>
> In my humble opinion, mandating children be identifiable by a means
> other than their upset voice is good for them, and I think good for
> the SCA.
>
> More educated officers than I should consider what if Ansteorra
> provided each (location) group plenty, like 50-100 tags (like keychain
> or luggage) to write the previously mentioned information upon. These
> could be made available at gate at events, at populous meetings, etc.
> Then the SCA could say we make available the means by which children
> can be identified, and it is of course the responsibility of the
> parent or legal guardian to follow up and administer the process.
> Wouldn't that be a step that shows the legal world that we as a group
> have taken a(nother) step to help ensure child safety and lower the
> possibility of indemnification for the SCA?
>
> More Pooky Story:
>
> Picture if you will hearing a crying child in a parking lot, with a
> lord in a simple attempt at a tunic or a lady in a dress... Parent or
> Predator? and this moment is possibly the last chance in this life for
> the child.
>
> I fear that every day I am at an event.
>
> We are so open, and assume in ways that Respect is commonplace {at
> least that's me} that we as a group need to ensure the SCA lowers
> indemnification probability and oh yes have a way to get a child back
> into the responsible hands of the correct Parent or Legal Gruardian..
>
> Assuming Parents and Legal Guardians will maintain the responsibility
> to make sure something doesn't come back on the SCA, isn't realistic.
>
> Assuming Parents and Legal Guardians will be on time to pick up their
> charge after an MoC Activity, isn't realistic.
>
> Respect and Loving Gratitude,
> Honorable Baron Pukhta 'Pooky' Lovetsevich
> Compass Rose
> Northern Regional Minister of Children
> (Prospective) Ansteorran Youth and Family Council Representative
>
>
>
> De wei moet worden uitgedrukt voordat de kaas kan worden bereikt.
>
> "Love's lifelight dispels all shadows upon the path grown over with
> truth." ~ Pooky
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