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  9. Putting the Skinned Knees Back Into Playtime

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    • BetterWithCheddar
      Here's a new one - parent wants son to go from Scout to Eagle by Christmas.

      By BetterWithCheddar 路 Posted

      I'm sure she has her reasons. Maybe the family has encountered some challenges and are searching for meaning. In this case, landing on Scouting seems healthy. It could be the pre-teen equivalent of a middle-aged man deciding he's going to go from his couch to a marathon in less than a year. There are sure to be some missteps in his training, but his goal is still admirable ... It's also possible that you're working with a family of grade-A narcissists who are going to drop into your troop life for a short time and make things miserable for everyone as they try to mow down every obstacle in their perfect little boy's way. 馃槵
    • skeptic
      Here's a new one - parent wants son to go from Scout to Eagle by Christmas.

      By skeptic 路 Posted

      It should be noted that the term "earned" with the noted young person is suspect, and the Eagle even more so.  Suffice it to say, the "accomplishment" is seriously tarnished by numerous facts that were overlooked for "legal" reasons.  The real fact is that the entire fiasco should not have been allowed, but a "legal cloud" hung threateningly until it played out and he, and the lawyer father disappeared from the local scene.  It is not a local highlight for the majority, yet he is/was not the real problem, just the instrument, so to speak.  
    • Eagle94-A1
      Here's a new one - parent wants son to go from Scout to Eagle by Christmas.

      By Eagle94-A1 路 Posted

      I would be EXTREMELY leery about this. Sometimes that is all it takes. But most of the time it takes that PLUS mentoring. And I have seen cases where folks took the training, thought they knew better, and ignored any mentoring to get them up to speed.   Kayn Hourbacker got it at 11. He joined at 10 years old, and did it in exactly 19 months.   Then there is this girl at 12.  I question how much they really know. I met one Eagle who got it at 13 that I can say knew their stuff. He was also pushed by his Eagle And Explorer Ranger Award dad ( OK I screwed up, I called the dad a Gold award recipient all these years because Ranger ended in 1949. But I recently found out that if you started it before 1949, you got to finish it until 1951.) Here is the deal though, he quit immediately after getting it. No HA trips, jamborees, OA, nothing.
    • BadChannel70
      Chapter 11 announced - Part 14 - Plan Effective

      By BadChannel70 路 Posted

      Earlier this month the judge ordered both sides to mandatory mediation for 90 days. Retired judge Barbara M.J. Lynn was selected as the mediator. Not sure if anything substantive came out of the hearing yesterday due to the ongoing mediation. 
    • swilliams
      Troop Assessment - Paper Version?

      By swilliams 路 Posted

      Apologies for creating a new thread.  I looked for the old one where I had seen a link for the assessment, but couldn't find it again.   I have a link for the online assessment from troopleader.scouting.org and I filled out one of the sections to see what happens when the assessment is done.  The page asked me to enter my name and email for results, which I then got in my inbox.  Upon sending the link out, I could ask that everyone use my information, but the info - IF the scout/committee member/ASM remembers to do that - would be coming in piecemeal, for every separate subject.  A lot to try and collate, and open-ended (as I'm sure not everyone will fill it out, let alone by a specified time). Is there a paper version that could be handed out at a PLC and Committee Meeting?  Or is there some way for me to see the results other than by individual email?  I'm sure whichever entity is receiving these (council?, National?, both?) has a way to sort through them.  As a Scoutmaster, I'd like to use this to see where our members think we are.
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