Re: Locating volenteers

On Mon, 17 Jan 1994 14:02:45 EST Michael C. Horowitz said:
> The learn-by-failure
>concept can't be in play if the youngster has only to walk over to his
>parent to borrow something he left home. Now, I'm grateful to the parent
>for being along, but I'll have to ask him if that much interaction is
>good for the scout or not. My thoughts alone.
>
> Mike, an owl
> ]8*
No Mike, my thoughts too. I have one parent along now who is
helping a little too much (or is it that I am just so sensitive to
the boy developed, boy planned, boy run thing?) His son recently
became PL at a very young age and he is rushing to help him
succeed. He prods well, but then crosses that line to doing it
for him. It is a bugger of a problem. Can't tell him not to
help since failure by itself is not desired -- can't tell him
good job, keep it up since that precludes success on the part of the
boys.

OK, if I can see the "happy median," how come everyone else can't. :-)

Steve Myers
Scoutmaster Troop 1, Akron OH

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