Re: ADD, ADHA, Tourette's syndrome

Perhaps there seems to be MORE "problem" youth in scouting because
scouting provides a place for those kids to belong, weather it be
BOY scouts or GIRL scouts. As a coach of various Hockey, Baseball
and soccer programs, it also seems that the increase in scouting
is greater than in youth sports programs. However, my wife is also
a teacher at the elementary grade level and has made the comments
that there also seems to be MORE youth with IDENTIFIED problems
than in the past. Maybe part of the reason is that the Health care
system and the education systems are made more aware of the types and
nature of specific problems and disabilities or empairments or
"challenged" children as the school pschologist likes to call them.
My wife thinks they are more of a challenge for the teachers! :)
ie. You can't do that do Jonnie, he has 'xyz' problems, or he needs
more help than the rest of the kids beacause of 'abc'. At gets to
the point the the parents of the 'NORMAL' (?) kids want the same
extra help and consideration, and what about the 'gifted and tallented?"

What happened to the days when we just could have some FUN and go
camping?

Don Izard,
still scouting since 1957, NOPE no one has suspended me YET :)

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