[hackerspaces] Children in hackerspaces.

[webmind]

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Eric Gerlach wrote:
> Any time I've heard about a hackerspace banning kids, the word
> "Insurance" has always been nearby.
> 
> It's all about liability or the perception thereof.  If you have an
> insurer that is okay with it, sweet.  If not, prepare to pay to allow
> those kids in.

I agree, up to the point of the last 2 sentences. Everyone seems to be
very worried about liability, in way that common sense and mutual
respect are just no longer in existence.

1) kids hurt themselves, they always do, and they learn that way.
2) what parents allow a kid to do, is the parents responsibility, not
where they might hang out. The owner of the sidewalk is not responsible
for a kid falling of his bike on it. that just doesn't make sense.

I'm relunctant to say that it seems so 'american' to me, I honestly
don't know enough about the country to say so, but that is the feeling I
get.

greets,

w.


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