Re: Child Abuse

>The rule in the safe guide book says that these films about
>Child Abuse should be shown at least once a year. Before
>I started, I ask the boys (44 were in attentence) how many
>had viewed the movie before. Other than my troop and one
>other troop, none of the boys had seen it. These boy were
>fFirst Class and above, which tells me that they have been in
>scouting more than a year. It is a shame asScoutmaster
>and Committee Members think this subject isnot worth talking
>about with their scouts. Even the adults(SM's, Commitee
>members and MB Counselors) do not takethe time to view
>the adult film.

When I was involved, I showed it about once a year. The older Scouts who had
seen it before made a little fun of it, but not much. They mostly took it
quite seriously. I do not think, however, that the situation you describe is
a result of the adults not thinking it is worth talking about as much as
they are extremely uncomfortable talking about such matters. I still think
the majority of people are inclined to think that if they don't look at
abuse, it isn't there.

My own unfortunate childhood experiences tell me that it IS there and adults
need to open their eyes and look if we are ever going to protect our
children from it.

Rex Goode http://www.coil.com/~rexg/index.htm rexg@coil.com
--------------------I used to be a buffalo...---------------------
"There's very little freedom of movement and I'm inclined to think
that hitting the tape mark is far more important than giving a
performance." -- Joan Bennett in _The Bennett Playbill_

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