Instant Family! - A Meeting of Minds

Shani · Nov 29 2004, 06:41 AM

Imagine you are a rough and ready miner with no children of your own. You find a lost alien child floating through space and suddenly find yourself thrust into fatherhood....
The three men did remarkably well bringing Acorna up on their own considering their complete lack of experience, not that experience would have helped a lot considering how unusual she was when compared to a typical human child.

**Cheryl** · Nov 29 2004, 10:53 AM

They all had to have had soft hearts under their gruff exteriors to begin with, else they wouldn't have been interested in taking care of Acorna!

Greenrider Tresa · Nov 29 2004, 07:37 PM

Can't add to what Cheryl said! Sides, there wouldn't have been much of a story if they weren't interested in Acorna.

Tresa

granath · Nov 30 2004, 05:38 AM

It was enough that they were interested in her as a developing individual. Someone with more experience of rearing human children would probably have made too many comparisons to accept Acorna on her own terms.

Linmag · Nov 30 2004, 01:42 PM

That's a very good point, Granath. Acorna developed very differently, and on a very different timescale to a human child. Her 'uncles' were far better off making it up as they went along, rather than trying to go by 'the book'. (Come to think of it, that's how most human parents cope anyway

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Shani · Dec 2 2004, 12:36 AM

I didn't think of that slant on things.
No parenting ever works exactly like 'the book' but we all try to slot our children in anyway (for some reason we can't help ourselves). So maybe this was the perfect upbringing for Acorna, her own terms, the natural compassion they all felt in general assisted her in her own desires to help people (genetic?).
Obviously they were the perfect guardians for her, had to be or the book wouldn't have worked

Dragonsqueen · Jan 8 2005, 07:00 PM

Yeah well, didn't she do a lot her self, and honestly, it's not such a hopeless cause

Nov 29 2004, 06:41 AM	#1
Shani Inactive Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Australia Gender: F	Instant Family! Imagine you are a rough and ready miner with no children of your own. You find a lost alien child floating through space and suddenly find yourself thrust into fatherhood.... The three men did remarkably well bringing Acorna up on their own considering their complete lack of experience, not that experience would have helped a lot considering how unusual she was when compared to a typical human child.

Nov 29 2004, 10:53 AM	#2
Cheryl Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Maryland, USA Gender: F Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Paladin of Souls (Bujold)	Re: Instant Family! They all had to have had soft hearts under their gruff exteriors to begin with, else they wouldn't have been interested in taking care of Acorna! __________________ Visit one of the other sites of Cheryl's Anne McCaffrey Triad: Sariel's Guide to Pern: a detailed guide to the series The Many Works of Anne McCaffrey: largest fan site about Anne and ALL of her works McCaffrey Quest: annual trivia contest.

Nov 29 2004, 07:37 PM	#3
Greenrider Tresa The Contrary Planetary Brain Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Northern Indiana Gender: F Fan of: The Ship Who Searched Now Reading: The Calhoun Collection, Nora Roberts	Re: Instant Family! Can't add to what Cheryl said! Sides, there wouldn't have been much of a story if they weren't interested in Acorna. Tresa __________________ Thinking, understanding, reasoning, willing, call not these Soul! They are its actions, but they are not its essence. Akhenaton? (c. B.C. 1375) Egyptian King and Monotheist

Nov 30 2004, 05:38 AM	#4
granath Talent Tower Prime Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Proud Mom! Gender: F Fan of: Afra Lyon Now Reading: PiF	Re: Instant Family! It was enough that they were interested in her as a developing individual. Someone with more experience of rearing human children would probably have made too many comparisons to accept Acorna on her own terms. __________________ Decaf coffee is an oxymoron. Instant coffee is an abomination. Give me the real thing and nobody gets hurt. "Do. Or do not. There is no try" -- Yoda VP of the Afra Lyon fan club!

Nov 30 2004, 01:42 PM	#5
Linmag Inactive Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Gloucester UK	Re: Instant Family! That's a very good point, Granath. Acorna developed very differently, and on a very different timescale to a human child. Her 'uncles' were far better off making it up as they went along, rather than trying to go by 'the book'. (Come to think of it, that's how most human parents cope anyway .)

Dec 2 2004, 12:36 AM	#6
Shani Inactive Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Australia Gender: F	Re: Instant Family! I didn't think of that slant on things. No parenting ever works exactly like 'the book' but we all try to slot our children in anyway (for some reason we can't help ourselves). So maybe this was the perfect upbringing for Acorna, her own terms, the natural compassion they all felt in general assisted her in her own desires to help people (genetic?). Obviously they were the perfect guardians for her, had to be or the book wouldn't have worked

Jan 8 2005, 07:00 PM	#7
Dragonsqueen Inactive Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the sea, NZ born! Gender: F	Re: Instant Family! Yeah well, didn't she do a lot her self, and honestly, it's not such a hopeless cause

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