Re: Abusive parents

Whew. You have my sympathies. Difficult parents always make me wonder
if they relate to their children in the same way. Most likely. I always
try to consider the impact of my response on the scout himself. If I can
listen sympathetically and try to address the parent's concerns, he's
less likely to take it out on the scout later. I always make a mental
note to try to give the children of difficult parents extra support and
attention. They're the ones who need us most. Good luck!On Thu, 4 Jul
1996, Rod Keen wrote:

> Why? Oh why? Oh why?
> Do we as Leaders do we have to put up with parents that (rarely) have a
> brain cell between their ears? Yesterday eve (wed) our district had a
> swimmers badge testing session. OK it had been raining during the day and
> the time getting on (8:15 ish) and the water wasn't heated as much as it
> should have been BUT.... one of the testers (a parent) suddenly dumped his
> clipboard on me and started giving me alot of verbal about having the kids
> doing the swimmers badge in weather like this. (i later found out that HIS
> son had just been taken out because he couldn't go on) I then told him to
> not to blame me as I was just a tester also but go and have word with the
> organiser. I could see he didn't like that 'cause he turned 'round and
> stomped back to me with fists clenched and said he would (eventually) dump
> me in the pool. I managed to get the "man" calmed down only to see him about
> 5 mins later with his son getting cold having a go at other testers. WAP!
>
> I really didn't need that. anyway I just thought that I'd get it off my
> chest.
>
> YIS
>
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