Re: Pregnant scouts...

>>2) BSA Specific: are a married couple who are youth members treated any
>>differently than any other two youth members of the opposite sex by
>>the Youth protection Policy(YPP)?
>
>Yes and no, Randy. The BSA's YPP don't really address the point of
>married couples in a unit; however, "Scouters' Sense" says that
If all else fails use common sense :)

>married youth couples are treated as married adult couples are
>treated: that they may choose to sleep together, AWAY from the other
>adults AND away from youth members; or that they may choose to sleep
OK I get this part. The two of them, off in another area....

>with another adult of the same sex in the "adult area" of the unit.
^^^^^ ^^^^^
I'm confused about this. My example was for you that are married. Would
the wife of the couple (for example at age 17) be tenting with an adult woman?

>In this case, the married couple I worked with chose to do the former,
>and to sleep away from both adults and youth, in a separate tent
>together rather than to sleep separately with a tentmate of the same
>sex. Again, like any youth members, they are accorded the SAME
>protection as other youth members in any other situations.
This is probably for the best.....

And to throw in yet another wierdness, one spouse is a leader, the
other an explorer.

YiLFS
Randy Finder

• Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]
• Next message
• Previous message
• Maybe in reply to