On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 22:38:58 -0000 "Leia Fee" leiafee@totalise.co.uk writes:
_Blake_
do such a thing. Somehow I see him with an only child.
I don't know how many children he'd have but I see him leading the scout troop. Blake would never notice how much they hero worshipped him and thought he was the perfect scout leader, etc (anyone else ever see the old Andy Griffith movie "Follow Me Boys" where he plays a scout master who remains charmingly insecure, being oblivious to how his troops worship him, will march into the valley of death at his say so, etc [and who, by the way, upset military war games and capture a tank on a scout hike]? Like that).
_Avon_
I think the best angle to go at with Avon would be to hire a nanny. Avon would then wind up watching over the nanny's shoulder, offering advice on how it's really done, and making a general nuisance of himself till he finally took over to show the _right_ way to do it.
(Pardon sudden aside)
"Watching Barney requires a level of stupidity I am no longer capable of."
"Diaper rash is part of being alive. But keep it a small part."
[Said while eying a bottle of strained lima beans] "On earth, it is considered bad manners to poison your children whilest trying to feed them."
[Finding out Blake has just allowed the sitter to cancel] "Have you betrayed us? Have you betrayed _me_?"
[Dealing with the lack of a sitter by handing Blake the little tyke and, when he tries to protest, assuring him] "For what it is worth, I have always trusted you, Blake, from the very beginning."
[Cally reassures Blake] "My people have a saying. A man who agrees to babysit can never be wrong . . . ."
[Auron lullaby] "May you sleep all night and silent"
[Vila, on diaper changing] "I've just worked out a brand new strategy. It's called running away."
[ Avon while shopping] "In the end, extra absorbant diapers with leak proof lining are the only safety."
As to the _kind_ of child Avon would likely have, what's that story by Bradbury? The Little Assassin?
Back to crew members parenting skills:
Jenna
I agree about how she'd act, rather like a friend who was upset when she had to cut back to a three mile a day jog and who interpreted the doctors orders to stay off her feet into usually sitting down for five minutes during breaktime.
As to how many she'd have, I think it depends what free trader norms are and whether she thinks it makes the most sense to have a ship run by relatives who all know better than to talk back to their mama (raising them on a ship under working conditions most likely _is_ the free trader idea of normal).
Zen and Orac
The obvious comes to mind - "Everybody with hands, change diapers!"
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