[Namron] Minors at a SCA event.

Samarrah bint Annaan samarrah_bint_annaan at yahoo.com
Fri Aug 11 17:03:12 PDT 2006 

let me interject something at this particular moment....

I"M EMPTY NESTING.....WOOOOHOOOOO!!!!!

Sorry, lost my head with rapture for a moment...

Now, go watch your kids!
(aren't ya'll jealouse! Hee hee)

Sami

PS...ya'll all make very good points...I just had to pester for a
moment...gonna go eat chicken and cheesecake now.



--- Lisa <silvina at allegiance.tv> wrote:

> Agreed completely Grimmie, but there are people who do bring their
> children
> to events and then spend the rest of the event being sought out by
> others to
> take care of their own child.  The attitude of the SCA that we are all
> family and it takes a village to raise a child is part of the issue with
> these people because they see this attitude as an excuse to do their own
> thing and expect others to keep an eye on their child for them.  Having
> a
> child myself, when we bring him to an event we usually end up with
> several
> children in our camp.  Most of the time the parents ask if it's ok for
> them
> to let the child stay there and play and tell us where they expect to
> be,
> but occasionally we get one that the child shows up in camp, noone is
> really
> sure how they got there, when they got there or where the parents are. 
> For
> us this is a real issue because with Chass being a brewer, there's
> almost
> always alcohol in camp and usually his medications.  Neither of these
> items
> needs to be in contact with a minor, especially someone else's minor.
> 
> We try our best to keep these items (and others that may be dangerous
> such
> as knives) out of sight and/or out of reach, but children can be very
> curious and very inventive if they decide something is interesting
> enough to
> investigate.
> 
> Elizabeta
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grimmie" <ldgrimhun at cox.net>
> To: "Barony of Namron" <namron at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 2:09 PM
> Subject: [Namron] Minors at a SCA event.
> 
> 
> It is plain and simple if you bring a minor to a SCA event it is YOUR
> legal
> responsibility to keep track of them at all times. That mean that they
> are
> to be in your area at all times. By having a SCA officer baby sit your
> child
> is leaving the SCA open to possible trouble. If you hire some one to
> take
> care of your child at a SCA event then that would remove the SCA from
> any
> responsibility. If you are at the list field then that is where the
> child
> should be, at feast then at feast, if the child is asleep in the tent
> you
> should be in camp. Rember if you bring a child to a event they are your
> responsibility. If you do not want the responsibility of watching your
> minor
> at a SCA event do not bring them. DO Not make the SCA baby sit your
> child.
> Grimmie
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Lord Pooky
>   To: Susan Adkins
>   Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 11:46 AM
>   Subject: Re: [Namron] Tag child, your parent is it
> 
> 
> 
>   Thank you for trying to keep your children's info on them.
>   This tagging idea is still in the early stages of application for ME.
> Finding a way to keep the kids from objecting too much is an important
> consideration. For the 14-17 sect maybe having it pinned under a top
> layer
> of clothing, so they could just flash it when necessary would keep it
> from
> making them look silly or young. (if that's there objection).
>   For youngersHaving it on the back side of a sash they are willing to
> wear
> made of cloth would make it so they wouldn't be reminded of it and it
> wouldn't be flapping around. I'd like to collect many styles of tags and
> let
> the parents choose which one they think will be most effective for their
> child.
> 
>   Yes it would be nice to have the "tag your kid" policy enforced but I
> don't foresee that happening.
> 
>   I think there has been only one thing I haven't been able to "get
> done" in
> the past 2 decades in the SCA. hehe haha...
>   those words I've spoken only once and that happened to be last week
> over
> pizza.
> 
>   But anyway,
> 
>   If the SCA doesn't  enforce tagging before something tragic happens,
> maybe
> they will afterwards.
>   I am moving forward with the opportunity to head off something bad,
> before
> it happens. If nothing else I can always hand out tags to parents with a
> Pooky smile on MY face.
> 
>   Johny apple seed / Pooky tag n' plead,
>   Pook
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 
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