[Sca-cooks] Kids and beverage service
Sandragood at aol.com
Sandragood at aol.com
Sat Jun 30 09:15:51 PDT 2007
I would have to agree with assigning tables. That is how I have handled my
feasts. Speak to them as a group before you send them out to the hall.
Explain the courtesies of waiting on tables, even for bevarages. Explain as
someone suggested that they check at the end of the course. If you have some
little ones (6-7) pair them up with an older child. This way they can still
experience the serving but more in a mentored capacity.
In Gleann Abhann many children volunteer on their own. Sometimes they are
encouraged by their parents, but we also have a Page School that requires
service hours. This is a simple way for them to gain their service hours and
still be in the proximity (sight or sound) of their parents.
And yes, it does give some parents a break, but it also teaches children
responsibility and service. It's kind of like me making my older two children
make lunch for their younger siblings. It relieves me of the burden but at
the same time it teaches responsibility, cooperation, and a life lesson of
providing for themselves and others.
In Service,
THL Elizabeth Donnan
dictata philologus, factum captus
(lesson learned, action taken)
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