Something that can get me so far up on the mind that it is neither good for the outside world nor my heart health is when adult people complain about band music. Fastened ladies and gentlemen who skip the children’s train with a light sky, while they go to the ears to indicate that their fine -sensing antennae is plagued by children with instruments. And as sure as the teens in the neighborhood are burning by the Father’s Heritage on the Russian bus, are the annual posts in newspapers and on Facebook from adults with corps. People who struggle with children who have recently learned to play, not songs like Aurora yet. And just to confess Color: I love the corps! I am one who has extra Kleenex in the Bunadskeska, since I always laugh a little when Eikeli and Eiksmarka school corps are heard in the distance to the flag raising. I can understand that not everyone likes the same music, I also have some music genres I actively avoid. What I can’t understand is the loud complaint. Complaining about band music is like standing at the Norway Cup and watching boys 10 while whining loudly that the passing game is not quite at the Champions League level. It is so misunderstood that I know the blood vessels around the heart narrow in as narrow western roads. Apart from the fact that it is actually completely on the ground, there is something else that lies in such statements. Something that is more troubled than my daunting heart attack: the ignorance for what role adults actually have. For the adults standing there and heaps with their eyes while bowls with their friends, is also part of the corps. The negative part. They play the role of cute nine -year -olds who had been looking forward to marching, to sink into the tarmac. Kids who have done a whole day’s job before the adults finished tie the tie. For ironically, we all play with – in the corps, on football or where we are now meeting children. And the role we play is the one who stands and smiles. Anyone who realizes that it is not about bad intonation, or that Fredrik has not actually hit a single tone since the train left Kringsjå school. Anyone who realizes that this is something completely different from what we hear on Spotify. Not just because they are new to what they do, but also because these activities are about more than just being good. The stuff that comes trambling down Storgata an early 17 May morning is perhaps what makes Isaac manage to complete high school, that’s where Sofie has her friends when no one at school wants to talk to her. This is the place where William has his safe adults, the one he ends up calling when life really became difficult. The corps is the place where someone learns that they can win the NM – if they just practice and practice. It is the place where someone learns that they will become musicians. And the place where someone else learns that even if they don’t get it, they can join anyway. Because it’s not so dangerous if it sounds perfect all the time, as long as you have fun. Especially not when Aunt Bodil has come all the way from Trondheim to see you marching with school music for the first time. It is the same if we adults think small football is boring. When the kids score in a fight, we will clap. We should not opt out of the community and believe that we do not count. Putting the airpods in your ears and have your nose down your cellphone when what the kids do are not entertaining or good enough. I have been a psychologist long enough to know that all the moons are leaving. When a client has a story that would have even got the most frightened movie enthusiast to shudder, while at the same time it has gone pretty well anyway, it almost always says a specific type of adult in the scenes. Not a superhero, not a perfect person, but a football coach, a teacher or a corps conductor. Such people who have realized that what they do has something to say to others. Who sets up in football, on the scout and in the corps, so that the kids would have something to go to in the evening. Who smiles at the aspiring corps, even though they do not quite understand whether it is “old hunter march” or “Norway in red, white and blue” they try to play. And yes, it is true: When many have probably fried waffles for dawn, driven home after forgotten mouthpieces and waved goodbye to squad 11 in scout, yes then a Braut Haaland or a Tine Thing Helseth appears. Then people do not have to complain about poor passing games or sour tones. But far more common – and much more important – children and young people appear with mastery, friends, belonging and trust in adults. Properties that are important for healthy and robust mental health. Properties that can be exactly what it takes to cope in adulthood. Send us your utterance desire to write? Feel free to contact us in news Ytring with your post. The guidelines can be found here. Published 11.05.2025, at. 10.56
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