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Re: 11 year olds
Tom Bingaman (tbing19@IDT.NET)
Sun, 24 May 1998 22:14:03 -0700
Steven Featherkile wrote:
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> Hi all,
> A friend of mine has an 11 year old (just turned) who was held back a
> year to mature. He has just joined a WEBELOS Den (great)! with his 4th
> grade buddies. He'll be in the 5th grade this fall. He's havin' fun,
> and I know that the program he's in is a good one.
>
> My question is: Should he be in Boy Scouts because he's 11 years old,
> or should he stay in WEBELOS because he's in the 4th grade. I get
> arguments both ways. I lean toward keeping him with his buddies.
Steve,
Let me tell you a story. When the program changed to one year WEBELOS
with colors activity badges and all, we still had Lions. The den I took
had
been together since Bobcat. I started with 10 boys lots of parent help
and a meeting every Sat. at noon. I worked graveyard got up mid of my
sleep
and had a den meeting. Had one boy who was older and along with his Mom
I agreed to move him into our troop. His brother before him had been a
scout.
He did not stay with the troop. I asked him later why he left
scouting? He
told me he missed his friends in the den. To do it again I would have
kept
him in the den.
The thing you have is the boy is having fun and is connected with the
boys in
the den. Isn't that is what it all about? We don't have to move people
away
from their friends if they don't want to move.
--
YiS
Tom Bingaman tbing19@idt.net
I used to be a Beaver...328 (1968)
Chief Seattle Council |>>>---|>--->|
Green River District (Renton WA)
Scout Leader Training Chair
Terry Howerton Sakima Group, Inc. SCOUTER Magazine Kansas City |
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