I'm not sure what I'm in for with the tiger den. My den has 5 boys ( I'm an assistant to the den leader co/leader).The den leader has a young child that causes a lot of commotion and he doesn't seem to be able to manage the den and his children simultaneously. The other parents are all cool and I have known their boys from previous volunteer work I've done.The boys that are mine/ those i've known prior were able to recite the motto, do the pledge and fulfill a planned activity ,however, even though I hosted the meeting at my home and I had a simple craft on hand, our den leader insisted on also doing a craft he had brought W/O informing me prior.This caused our meeting to run long and I was baffled that he was content to let his youngest child wonder about freely getting into toys and wandering in and out of the house. Oh yeah, the meeting was in a rec room.I would prefer not to cause any conflict and don't want to be at all confrontational but does anybody have any advice on dealing with leaders who are somewhat militant but paradoxically choose to let their children behave as if they were at Chucky Cheese's?I've been involved in my child's school since preschool and have helped co-ordinate dozens of parties, fundraisers and even special ed. events for little kids.I am at the school in some capacity filling in for someone at least once a week so I would say I have a reasonable grasp on interacting with 4, 5 and 6 yr olds.I just don't know how to approach an adult leader who wants to lead but is not able to reign in own children.Help, please.
1st tiger den meet of 06
in Cub Scouts
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I'm not sure what I'm in for with the tiger den. My den has 5 boys ( I'm an assistant to the den leader co/leader).The den leader has a young child that causes a lot of commotion and he doesn't seem to be able to manage the den and his children simultaneously. The other parents are all cool and I have known their boys from previous volunteer work I've done.The boys that are mine/ those i've known prior were able to recite the motto, do the pledge and fulfill a planned activity ,however, even though I hosted the meeting at my home and I had a simple craft on hand, our den leader insisted on also doing a craft he had brought W/O informing me prior.This caused our meeting to run long and I was baffled that he was content to let his youngest child wonder about freely getting into toys and wandering in and out of the house. Oh yeah, the meeting was in a rec room.I would prefer not to cause any conflict and don't want to be at all confrontational but does anybody have any advice on dealing with leaders who are somewhat militant but paradoxically choose to let their children behave as if they were at Chucky Cheese's?I've been involved in my child's school since preschool and have helped co-ordinate dozens of parties, fundraisers and even special ed. events for little kids.I am at the school in some capacity filling in for someone at least once a week so I would say I have a reasonable grasp on interacting with 4, 5 and 6 yr olds.I just don't know how to approach an adult leader who wants to lead but is not able to reign in own children.Help, please.