Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Kids and decision making...

[Margaret Weatherly (martiew]

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> It was agreed that the money and work would be provided
> by the two parents present, and by any others interested. But now, they
> still don't have the play house, and complain to me, and there is nothing I
> can do to help them. They feel they were lied to.
> > 
> From: "George Krasle" <GSKrasle [at] hotmail.com>
>

George: 
It sounds as though you have some work to do in your community. If you are 
committed to consensus in your group, you have an obligation to bring these 
concerns up in a way that others hear you and that you hear them.

I see a lot about power struggles on the list. Consensus requires a different 
way of thinking, which is why it is so helpful to have professionals teach us 
conflict resolution and consensus.  And it requires us to go outside our normal 
way of thinking.  Which is why I do not mind any complaints on this list. I see 
the list as a way to support people working through the switch from power to 
consensus thinking. 

By the way, why didn't the girls get their house if the parents had offered to 
pay for it and do the work?

Martie Weatherly
Liberty Village Cohousing
Libertytown, MD
martiew [at] earthlink.net
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