ST - Kids and SCA

[Trish Kvamme]

Well said Willow!

I have for years planned group "mundane" activities such as Halloween 
parties, Easter egg hunts, and summer theme parties because I did not want 
my hobby to take away from my children's memories of growing up.

While both my kids love the SCA, I shudder when I hear of parents dragging 
their poor children to an event when there is an activity that they would 
have chosen to attend rather than an SCA function, like Trick or Treating, a 
school dance, a skating party, you get the picture.  I have found that a 
call to another parent can often facilitate the hcild's preference, and in 
those cases where I can't find an easy resolution, I will evaluate how much 
the event means to me vs how much my child wants to attend their function.

Register arms for my kids, heck no!
Willow said it exactly right, it would have been like my sister (who brought 
me into the SCA in the early 80's) presenting me at my first event and 
deciding my arms for me.  The SCA is the hobby that I chose, and if my kids 
wish to persue fighting, arts, service etc... it is for them to decide, 
otherwise they would receive little or no enjoyment from it.  My son has 
been boffer fighting since he was 5, he was born into the SCA as my daughter 
was, and I would like to see them grow up enough to enjoy it before they 
burn out :)

Larissa

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