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Sometimes you can help a kid. Sometimes you can't. I always cringe when I read or hear someone say just pair them with a good scout. As the parent of a couple of good scouts who always seem to be paired with a "that kid" who had severe issues, I can say over time this is exceedingly stressful and unfair. If adults can't handle the kid, we shouldn't expect another scout to be able to do so except in short doses. I would also point out that this is also a strategy that schools use, so a mature, capable kind kid like this is frequently stuck with a scout buddy or study buddy who is unpleasant and emotionally draining a lot of the time. Scouts of course should be kind and willing to help out, but we shouldn't turn any scout's experience into drudgery. Adults really need to carefully manage this situation and not abuse the good kids to help the problem kids. No kid's scout experience should be more important than another's. We as adults have to balance that and sometimes that means you may have to say goodbye. -
Yes, I have had to deal with this situation, and there is another obvious way to handle it. Don't take him. -
That's a good pitch line when doing public fundraising, but in reality, it is absolute nonsense. Father Flanagan was wrong. There are lots of bad boys. Some of them are bad to the core. Some of them are incorrigible and extremely dangerous. Parents expect us to use good judgement and screen out some of those boys. We shouldn't just take everyone. The Chartered Organization has the right to reject boys who don't meet their standards for participation in the unit. I understand that the Brits don't have CO's. I have no idea who, if anyone, would make that sort of decision on their side of the pond.
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While exchange of information isn't quite a simple as presented, there must be something wrong with your Epic build. I have never experienced any data loss or corruption with Epic. None of the physicians work with keep paper copies of anything. I am curious what you did about this adult who went down and how you handled the situation differently than if you hadn't known his history. I am a big advocate for medical alert dog tags that include emergency contacts with all your info. I also never advocated that people can tell you things as you need it but that are things that just don't need to be shared. I'll give an example. I have epilepsy. It is 100% controlled on my medication. I don't tell people about it because they freak out and if I have a seizure what they really need to know is first aid, not that I have a history of it. -
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