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Laura Gjovaag wrote:
> > How do you keep parents from just dropping off kids and
> > leaving you to babysit while they look around the rest of the show?
>
> If a parent is that irresponsible, you can't. However, you can put up a
> sign that says "Adult Supervision Required" and hope for the best. And if
> a member notices a parent leaving a small child in the KRR, you can say
> "Excuse me, are you sure you want to leave your child unsupervised?" to
> them.
Another thing to do is if a kid gets abandoned for very long is to get
the show staff (if you are displaying at a regular show) involved. It
should not be the responsibility of vendors and demonstrators to police
this.
> Most parents are reasonable. At one show, in the Fall, a parent would
> leave their child in the KRR then sneak over to where I was standing and
> ask me how to buy a LEGO train while junior was otherwise occupied. If
> even only one in ten of the parents I talked with bought a train, LEGO
> made a lot of money from that show.
That of course is a good thing, though hopefully the parent is keeping
an eye on their kid. It's probably good to have a club member near
enough to the KRR who is obviously a person to chat with.
--
Frank Filz
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