Re: Male involvement in Cub Scouting
RAGerhard (RAGerhard@AOL.COM)
Mon, 25 May 1998 11:41:50 EDT
In a message dated 98-05-23, Terry Calderwood writes:
<< The Cub Scout Den Leaders are typically female. >>
Here's an interesting survey question. I know this is anything but true in
the two Packs I have been involved with as an adult leader. My current pack
has one - count her, one - female den leader. She's my Webelos DL. (I'm her
ADL, incidentally.) Last year she was also the sole female DL. The year
before that, there was a different sole female DL. We have not had a female
CM or ACM in recent history either. My previous pack had one female ADL and
no female DLs.
Interestingly, our Pack Committee has been mostly women for the past two
years. My theory is that they prefer the positions of power... ;-)
Terry also wrote:
<< I have attended many elementary school field trips and participated in
numerous
school acticities in grade k thru 6. The children always remember me because
some
rarely interact with an adult male. >>
It's sad that that is so true. But equally important is the fact that few
fathers seem to take an active role in their children's lives beyond home.
My experience is that rarely does an adult male interact with them on a group
level. I am almost always the only male adult on school field trips, though I
am seeing many more fathers in attendance at other school day activities, such
as Field Day. I am remembered because I am the Dad they always see there. Of
course, they also see me at Cub and Girl Scouts, extracurricular activities
and whenever they spend the night here or my kids go to their homes, so their
exposure to me is not limited to school. I believe what makes me memorable is
not that I'm the one adult male they interact with, but that I interact with
them on a frequent and positive basis.
YiS
Robert Gerhard
Cubmaster & Webelos ADL
BSA Pack 83, Ft. Worth, TX
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