Pages -- Was --> ES - Children at events - another long one and the last from me...

[housedragonstar]

I suppose I don't understand the need for a formal program when this happens
anyway.  Most adults know where the kids are at.  They have either put them
at the MOC area, or they are watching them run hither and yon.  Most parents
would like to know something about the person they are going to entrust
their child to for a time, so those fostering relationships develop
naturally.  If someone wants to take a page, there is no lack of opportunity
to seek out parents of youngsters who would love a break or another
influence in their childrens' lives.  The most important part of a fostering
is the relationship between the parents and the adult taking on a page.  If
that is not in place, fostering rarely works.

Please don't take this as me being argumentative or negative.  It is just
that in my mundance experience, I have seen "programs" start up and fail
simply because there was no need for them in the first place.

We have wonderful peers in this barony, we have a baron who leads by
example, and we have an abundance of talented fighters, artists, and service
types.

The only thing standing in the way of them taking a page is their desire to
do so.  But these relationships develop over time if they are to be lasting
and successful, and the first friendships must be with the parents and the
person taking the page.

There, I've said my piece.  Not often do I get on my soapbox online, but
this matter is near and dear to my heart.

Also, I agree with her Excellency's post.  Well said!

Medb Liath

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christine Huse" <maria_elfsea at hotmail.com>
To: <elfsea at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 2:13 PM
Subject: Pages -- Was --> ES - Children at events


> Hola, Medb!
>
>
> >We do have existing programs for the youth interesting in fighting.
>There
> >is a boffer program, a youth rapier program, and I have never >seen a
youth
> >excluded from archery shoots.  To my limited knowledge, >each has a
> >kingdom, regional and local level officer.
>
> <Much Snippage>
>
> True. We do have a program designed to *teach* the children about the
sports
> aspect of our game. The page program I am referring to would be designed
as
> such...
>
> A child/teen would be assigned a fighter/archer (who volunteered). This
> child would be given the responsibility of helping the fighter with his
> armor and weapons (ie. help him to and from the field, help him into his
> armour, etc.) and the said child would be responsible for water-bearing
said
> fighter.
>
> In return, the fighter would teach the child about safety, chivalry and
> other aspects not usually covered by fighter practice. The fighter by
doing
> so can teach the child so much more than mom or dad. Why? Point
> blank...children don't listen to their parents as much as they would, if
it
> came from someone they admired.
>
> For the parent's part, they would be required to retrieve their child when
> the fighter requests it (for whatever reason) and be a supportive part of
> this program. In other words, it would not be a baby-sitting program.
>
> Of course I'm sure, we could add other rules to the program, but you get
> what I mean.
>
> Ryan worships the ground that our fighters (especially heavy) walk on and
> wants so much to be part of the fighter crowd. He can't fight right now
> because we have no youth boffer marshall. I was and am eternally grateful
> that Don Duncan took Ryan under his wings at Lughnasad and let him help
with
> his gear. I had a little boy walking on cloud 9 all day.
>
> Ryan is not the only child out there who is so eager to help and we need
to
> do something other than (basically) stick them in a corner all day. If we
> don't do something, their interest will die and we could lose a potential
> member of the SCA that will someday make our Kingdom and Barony very
proud.
>
> I am very willing to start this program.
>
> Maria
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