Children from Hell (was: SC - Re: Illusion food)

[DUNHAM Patricia R]

Absolutely.  My guy just turned 5 last month and he still has a limited
understanding of waiting between receiving information and carrying out
the action!  He still (thankfully) has the HELPFULs in full force (which
we are trying NOT to discourage!), but he does get impatient waiting for
ol' mama and papa to get on with things.  (of course, we go crazy
waiting for him to get a move on, when the move is our idea and not his)

Chimene
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| From: Erin Kenny
| To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
| Subject: Re: Children from Hell (was: SC - Re: Illusion food)
| Date: Wednesday, October 15, 1997 6:04AM
|
| > It was placed on disply for all to see . During the afternonn a
child from
| > H**l appoached the table. She asked what it was for and it was
explained that
| > it was for eating after the feast and she should enjoy looking at it
for now
| > because later it would be torn apart. She seemed to accept this. An
hour
| > later someone noticed that the castle was completely destryed. The
girl in
| > question was eating a piece of the castle. When asked why she had
done such a
| > thing she calmly and naively replyed "Well, my daddy said we weren't
staying
| > for feast so I tore it apart for you ahead of time". :-0
| >
| > Ras (Who was reminded why he chose to stay childless that day.)
| >
| I'm sorry to hear about the destruction of such an incredible piece
| of work, but I think that you are unfair in casting blame on the
| child.  It does not sound like she was performing wanton destruction,
| but rather following through on something she misunderstood -- the
| castle needed to be destroyed and she should help.
|
| I am the mother of a rather high-powered two year old, and his
| actions are fully my responsibility.  If you tell him something is
| going to be torn down, he will help you do so NOW unless restrained
| or removed.  He is not being obnoxious or destructive, he's being
| HELPFUL (in his limited understanding).  It is my duty to find other
| activities for my helpful son until his help is wanted, or he is old
| enough to choose for himself.
|
| Claricia Nyetgale
| (feeling a little protective about children, having found out on the
| weekend that she is expecting her second)
|
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