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  1. I'm pretty impressed he was this articulate about it , being a kid that just turned 12 a week ago. I had a few times in my teens when I wanted to quit and I never had a good reason. Usually something like "it's stupid" or "I look like a dork in the uniform". I never had a good reason, but I think I wanted to be too cool for scouts. Which kind of get to me more in this situation because he has real reasons to not want to continue. Not just angsty pre-teen/teenager stuff. If I make any kind of deal with him about it, I think I'd like it to be that he completes a full year before making
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  2. Concur, to a point. Family situations are varied and complex. For our family, in the situation we have been in over the past years transitioning from a life on the move in the military to trying to set down some roots, Scouting is/was a great activity for our kids. And negotiating rewards has worked extremely well for us. He asked for advice and I gave him advice. Just because it doesn't or may not have worked for you, don't poo-poo other people's input. And by the way, we used Scouting in concert with faith, academic excellence, craftsmanship, and family financial health. S
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  3. Oh, for the love of all that is right and holy ... Let the kid take a break from troop life! I've seen so many "wrecked" teens who were in this for their dads or grandpas. Maybe you have an exit plan, but I've seen plenty of dads who don't, here are some steps: Thank him for telling you this early rather than holding it in. Invite him to keep doing that going forward. Make it clear that if he wants to limit his scouting activities, he can. If he wants to resign from the troop, this is the perfect time to do it before they recharter him for the coming year. Tell him he
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  4. Space and time. He may come around, but I would not push him, as that is usually counter productive IMO. You also might try to discuss the idea that Scouting is NOT just becoming an Eagle. That impression is too prominent today in my view. I have had many scouts hang around to graduation and never go beyond the lowe ranks; but they had fun and friends. BP said scouting should be fun and done while learning citizenship and responsibility. The advanced ranks were not initially part of the program, even here. To become a First Class, really until WWII, was the big goal, and those same scou
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  5. I'm not going anywhere, I'm a Den Leader for a Wolf den. And if my daughter sticks with it through Arrow of Light I might be a Troop Founder and SM in a few years, as it doesn't look like anyone else in my town is going to start a girls troop.
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  6. My first read is that your son is realizing he is growing up, and responsibility/accountability scare the heck out of him. So he wants to avoid those situations, in the hopes that something else will be available where everything is done for him, like in Cub Scouts. BTW... very impressive that this young man perceives the actual reasons he doesn't wish to continue, and is able to integrate his feelings and thoughts, then verbalize them. IMO, most Scouts have difficulty with this. Incentivize the behavior you want. You want him to continue with Scouting. Currently, he does not.
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  7. Sometimes I think that candidates for the Scout Executive position are done to bring about the demise of a council. A lot of things depend on how cohesive the volunteers are and their relationship with the Council Executive. If the Council Executive is that bad the volunteers do have recourse to send them packing. But that's for another discussion. Like I said earlier, put the well being of the kids first, support them and give them what they want and you'll have such a following that your opinions are gold.
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  8. This is a really good point. Because it starts at Kindergarten, it's possible that even first grade parents feel like it's "too late" for them to start because it's a program in motion. Now, we see the majority of our recruitment numbers in Lions and then get a smattering in the other grades.
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  9. Always recommended the Victorinox "Tinker" model to my Bear dens. It has the the can opener & screwdriver for the Bear Claws requirement plus a large & small blade.
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