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Perhaps it is time for National HQ to write a "Scout Parents Handbook" for us to give to each parent. Certainly a few here who could write it. -
I've known our CC for a few years now, well before we even entered the troop. She is looking more and more exhausted these days. We got a couple of new families in and there have been complaints from them constantly. Apparently, there are complaints from other parents too. When did this become a thing? When I was a kid, parents had minimal contact with the troop, unless they were registered. She does a great job and I don't want her to quit. Personally, I'm of the mindset that the CC doesn't have the responsibility to investigate any complaints. It's not in the job description. When I was the pack CC, and when my wife was before me, our policy was that complaints are only accepted from registered adults who actively participate. Anything else was peripheral noise from people who don't really care about the program. She had a parent who had been in the troop for all of 4 days screaming at her because of the cellphone thing. She's too nice to tell the lady to pound sand and find a different unit. I'd like to help her out. Husband is the acting SM and we had a few discussions this weekend. The kids are ok - we caught two of them in a pretty significant lie. Another parent came with a complaint that her 12 y/o son saw an 11 y/o boy naked. When I asked the 11 y/o, he reported that the 12 y/o peeked in the window of his tent while he was changing. I was inclined to chalk it all up to little boys being little boys, but the mom of the 11 y/o, who was also willing to ignore it, is now cocked and ready to launch an attack on the 12 y/o's family. I'm realizing that Scouting, like veterinary medicine, is fun until the parents get involved. -
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That's what I'm encouraging. We're rather limited on trees with appropriate spacing here in NC. They are either 5 feet apart or 100. I know at Philmont, we ditched half the poles and just used some that were about 6' tall. The fly went to the ground. Helped out in some massive rain storms. I've tried to get them to make stakes and get blank stares. The handbook doesn't show how and Scout's Life is a paltry version of its prior form. Most of our Scouts don't carry their own hatchet and the troop's hatchet isn't the best for hammering. Also, it's less desirable for use as a lever to extract the nails when stuck and I'd rather Scout not use it as a digging implement.
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By InquisitiveScouter · Posted
Haven't seen anything "published" is the usual manner... or in Annual Report to Congress since 2023: https://www.scouting.org/about/annual-report/ Or NAM presentations, 2024: https://nam.scouting.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/05/Change-the-Way-We-Work-Together.pdf Transparency has never been a strength of BSA (my opinion). Which is often a signal that bad news pervades and must be hidden from view. (again, opinion).
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