RE: babies at Pennsic

[Betty Eyer <betty_eyer@yahoo.com>]

Poster: Betty Eyer <betty_eyer@yahoo.com>

Dominica, 

Let me be the first to flame you on this one.  There are restrictions
at Pennsic about loud, late parties that are posted repeatedly as one
of the rules of the site, not to mention the fact that loud, late
parties beyond some locally accepted norm, are against the law almost
everywhere.  The fact that someone actually has the unmitigated gall to
try to enforce these regulations does not make THEM the problem.  

Also, I recommend that you read the seneschall's letter about this
Pennisc, where it seems that some formal effort to enforce such rules
will be in place.  This letter can be found at www.pennsicwar.com and
in your Pennsic handbook.  

Magdalena de Hazebrouck
who never goes to the war without ear plugs!


--- Dominica Harlan <DHarlan@RodgersBuilders.com> wrote:
> 
> Poster: Dominica Harlan
> <DHarlan@RodgersBuilders.com>
> 
> April does have a point, though it is nice to hear
> about all the prepared 
> parents and well-behaved children. I've met them and
> enjoyed their company 
> at war, as I love kids. However, I've also seen
> noise curfews and behavior 
> restrictions for even a camp's neighbors b/c of
> someone's kid. As an adult 
> who pays a lot of money and puts a lot of effort
> into going to Pennsic, 
> especially, I resent my fun being curtailed (or I
> have to walk across half 
> the war to have it) b/c of someone else's child. I
> don't have any yet b/c I 
> don't want the responsibility/restriction, and I'm
> not at a war to meet 
> someone else's child's needs. Nor are all the other
> people who go w/o kids. 
> So if you do take a baby or child, be prepared not
> only for the child's 
> comfort, but also be prepared to have other adults
> around your kid having 
> adult fun -- bunny fur, cussing, loud late parties
> and all. I believe that 
> families have a place in the SCA, but parents need
> to be prepared for the 
> tremendous effort necessary to take care of their
> kids in an adult 
> environment.
> 
> Kilmeny
> 
>
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