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Re: Parents as MB Counselors

Bruce E. Cobern (bec@PIPELINE.COM)
Tue, 2 Sep 1997 12:16:29 -0400


> From: Steven G. Tyler <sgtyler@erols.com>
> Date: Tuesday, September 02, 1997 11:30 AM
>
> The one mild exception I would take to what you've said is in the case
> where a MB counselor is working with a group of Scouts on a MB, and
> his/her son wants to be a member of the group. Otherwise (and even in
> that instance), I agree that parents should avoid being MB counselor to
> their sons, if only for the sake of appearances.

Actually, I think there might be two exceptions to my own "rule." The
first one is the one you mention above. The second one is if there is no
other counselor within a reasonable geographic area for the Scout to see.
I fully understand that not every district/council is as urban as mine is
as part of NYC. Thus, if the only other counselor is halfway across the
state of Montana, it might make more sense to allow the Scout to work with
his parent. (I'm not TOTALLY unreasonable, you see. :-)

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Bruce E. Cobern
mailto:bec@pipeline.com

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