jazzjeff

Sorry, that was my iPad typing and it did not keep my paragraphs. I know that is a pain in the butt read..

Thank you for the suggestions! It is sometimes really good to get an objective point of view for things like this. We are having a leaders meeting tonight and I am going to run these ideas by everyone in anticipation of needing some support. As much as this scout and his family are disruptive I would never be able to to remove them from the den. I couldn't imagine how hurt the scout would be, I think that disappointment would be long lasting, so although it would make things MUCH better I don't think it's an option I could actually go through with. I have had other parents mention that

I am looking for some advice on dealing with a difficult family. This scout has never participated in any service projects (scouting for food, caroling etc). He is very difficult in the den meetings due to disrespectful behaviors, whining, refusing to participate in activities etc.. Unfortunately, one of the issues is that the family record most of their activities being done in the home. An example of this is a scout whose parent has marked him having earned every single elective, belt loop/pin, specialty badges from last year. I was a den leader and spent countless hours having to audi

Thank you so much for all of your replies and suggestions, they have been very helpful and I am going to use some of them immediately! I am planning out the remaining meetings for the year and mandating that the parents sign up and run some of them. Our next meeting is Thursday so I will be rolling this idea out then, in person and not in an email or on the phone! Forget the snacks! We have a drinking fountaina so I am not gonna worry about it. We have 6 boys in the den and I had been thinking of recruitment ideas for next year and am going to use the suggestions you gave

Hi everyone! I am new to the site and I thought I posted this already but I don't see it anywhere yet, so here it goes again! I am a new Tiger Den Leader this year, and have never had any experience with scouting at all so this is entirely new to me. I have twin boys who are in the den and they love it, so I am happy they are intrested in scouting and everthing it has to offer them. I am not sure if all the packs are like this, but my training has consisted of whatever is online, and the giant leaders manual, and the Tiger handbook and then I have been on my own. I don't seem to