speckledpig

I spoke at length with my friend yesterday. He says that he is very adamant about being involved in his son's scouting (if his son chooses to join). He told me that his son and his son's best friend are thinking about joining, and that he was worried that his son might be joining for the wrong reasons and, as a result, would not be committed. I tried to explain that there are few if any "good reasons" for a boy that age (11) to join scouting and that boys usually join because of a friend or a group of friends. Peer relationships are very important at that age and drive boys fairly strongly in

Wow, I think I had my words all mixed up today. Not father-in-law (mine is on my mind), _stepfather_. And I meant _Boy Scouting_, not Cub. This Monday has not found me at my best... Let me try to straighten out my story....sorry for the confusion: The stepfather wants to "do" Boy Scouts with my friend's son. My friend wants to be the one involved. My friend wants the stepfather to have nothing to do with the son's Scouting involvement, even to the point that he would possibly prevent the boy from participating if he cannot be the one involved with his son's program. A

Hi all, I'm here asking for advice regarding this situation: A friend of mine here at the office has a son who just turned 11. I've been talking to him about getting his son into Cub Scouting. His son has interest, but the problem lies with his father-in-law. His FIL wants to do scouting with _him_, giving the reason that "your father does baseball with you, so you should do scouting with me". My friend is willing to fight over this; he is basically willing to argue with this FIL over the scouting issue. He wants his son to do scouting with him, not with his FIL. I'm not a p