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How would you react if your child broke the things you are remembering? Could you apply that strategy with these people? If not are there other parenting strat
by erikpukinskis 9y ago
How would you react if your child broke the things you are remembering? Could you apply that strategy with these people?
If not are there other parenting strategies that are more appropriate to use with adults?
- beambot 9y agoNow expand that to 200 "children" who coexist in a makerspace...? Doesn't work.
- erikpukinskis 9y agoSure it does. Schools are great at managing 200 children. What won't work is an organization full of adults who think they are never children. You need at least a couple of adults who realize we're all children sometimes for things to run smoothly.
- colanderman 9y agoIf I had children, I would not lend them expensive/delicate items. At least not until they have demonstrated a level of care and responsibility with items of lesser value, which is a process of trust-building that literally takes years. Which is exactly the point: these friends/family members have demonstrated the opposite. Relevant aside: in Boston, there is a community boating organization. They own the boats, and members (who pay a fixed monthly fee) can take out any boat at any time… IF they have passed the requisite training courses and exams, both of which are administered by knowledgable staff. Again, this is a process which literally takes years, to work up to the more expensive/dangerous boats.