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By InquisitiveScouter · Posted
You are most welcome! That's what we are here for, brother! -
@InquisitiveScouter I posted the question on the other forum and was able to get this resolved almost immediately. Thanks for the tip! -
By InquisitiveScouter · Posted
Hi @Rob441! And welcome! You need to explain this problem and post his BSA ID number on the site for the Scoutbook User Advisory Council (SUAC): https://discussions.scouting.org/t/another-user-using-my-email-address1/488777 (I just grabbed that thread at random, but the SUAC admins should answer you there. Good luck! -
Well said. "with my father" ... I can respect that. I fear this might be a psychology of the troop and a BSA training conflict. Strictly speaking, scouts are to socialize with scouts in their scouting activities and then with the other adults. In conflict, I also attending most scouting activities with my kids, but I tried to keep myself on the outskirts ... mostly. ... It is a pull/push or a training vs reality issue. ... I'm not sure there is a perfect answer other than making sure the scouts have positive growing experiences. "adult leadership crosses over" ... is really up to the troop leaders you are joining. They may very well be open to your immediately getting into a leadership role. They may want you to wait a year. They may have some in-between. ... Number one thing is to make a healthy connection with the existing unit leaders. -
Thanks for the thoughtful response 👍 I think Scouting will be a positive experience for my son even if I can't move the Troop to more a more outdoor experience. I actually think it's great that through Troop involvement he will participate in activities and outings that I would never plan for our family. That was part of what made Scouting great for me, that expansion into areas that otherwise would have been unexplored. To your final point, I don't think you are nitpicking, but I do think we have a fundamental difference of opinion. Scouting is something that I did WITH my father. I understand that is not everyone's experience, but it's a very common experience, it was a phenomenal one, and it's one I intend to replicate. Positive adult relationships and mentoring are at the heart of Scouting right along with fostering leadership skills. Patrol Method is great, but it's not Lord of the Flies and adult leadership is there to curate and guide the Scouting experience. I think there's a healthy balance between the two extremes of a Scoutmaster that parks in a camp chair by the fire and becomes an ornament or the parent that drops off in the parking lot and never gets out of the car and a helicopter parent leader who never lets the youth really try the Patrol Method. I don't think it's unreasonable to say that my adult leadership crosses over also, as that is simply the reality. I also don't think that my involvement prevents my Scout from having his own experience, that certainly wasn't the case for myself or the other Scouts who had fathers in leadership with the Troop.
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