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I've been around enough fires to know that "Smoke follows ugliness". That shouldn't be that hard to find either.

Well, I'm not a scout, but I do know that snipe are indigenous to swampy areas not woods. I think you would be sending me on a wild goose chase, but we all know wild geese hang out at rivers and lakes unless they are migrating and then will rest at night in open fields, again, not woods. However, if you would like, I could possibly look around the fire here and maybe find an old coot or two for you.

I probably won''t go back to lurking. Some of the people here have given me some worthwhile ideas to kick around. I don't ignore my kid one iota, but sometimes one is made to feel like as "just a parent" that somehow I'm letting my kid down. But he comes back home each week and seems to be having a good time with it. I do see the toll it takes on the scout leadership and am concerned that by becoming involved, it will detract from my other responsibilities. No I don't hang out at bars, don't play golf, and pretty much am a stay-at-home dad that spends as much time as I can with the k

My English teacher friend would have fun with this one. He'd be wondering if the kids are too old for the program or the leaders...... From some of the other comments over the years, it's hard to tell.

I've lurked for a few years as my boy came up through a couple of years in Cub Scouts. Now that he's getting older and has stayed interested in Cubs, next year Webelos, I thought it okay to get a bit more involved on the forum. I'm not a eat, drink and sleep Scouting volunteer so does that warrant the red arrow judgements for my comments about it? Just wondering because when I was lurking it didn't make any difference. If my offering a parents perspective in is a problem, I can surely go back to lurking. What seems to be the tradition on this? Just curious. I can stay off if this is a

How many transgenders are now infiltrating the collegiate level sports. NCAA is reviewing it's stand as we speak.

Segregation went out the window 50 years ago. Either it's an all-boys program or it's co-ed. There's no middle ground available and until people realize that, lawyers will continue to rake in the money faster than BSA can come up with it.

Thanks, that's good to know. With all the conversation about how school activities affect participation in scouts, I just thought it might be different than with those home-school kids that have a more flexible schedule.

Here's the routine: 1) you tell them in person. 2) then you send them with a written note 3) then you email them 4) then you text them 5) then you leave a message on their voicemail 6) then at parent/teacher conference they will swear up and down you never told them. I find the most effective way is to staple it to their foreheads. THEN they remember. I have found over the years of teaching that if someone wants to remember (memorize) something, like 7 phone numbers, all they have to do is READ them faithfully every morning and every night for 21 days i

I have a question. How many scout leaders out there that either have home-schooled children of their own or have home-school kids in their units? How does that influence what's going on? Okay, that's two questions. Mea culpa.

Wouldn't life be so much more tolerable if everyone left their dramatic political agendas at home? I would think things would be a lot more fun if they did. I get enough of that at work and even a bit of it at church, I don't need to go out looking for more to fill up my limited free time. I forgot to add: when my boy was learning his 12 point scout law part, I do believe one of the words was Cheerful. Might be more enjoyable if that became a higher priority.

Just a couple of ideas to float by you. Take these Merit Badge counselors I have been reading about. It would seem that I'm right back to just working with kids like I do every day of the week. Not a strong point to be considering. Also if I were to promote the already existing courses the Conservancy, state park, library, etc. offers would it not appear I'm promoting those programs rather than scouting? If I give promotional materials to my son, isn't that a bit much to use him as the conduit? Just a lot of things to think about on my part. I get enough politics at school (profess

No offense taken, you need to be at a parent/teacher conference. Your comments weren't even on the chart when you compare them to what parents say when you're flunking their child. I've learned to be quite bullet-proof when it comes to people's comments. From what I'm gleaning from the forum, it would seem that no two units are alike in operation. I get enough of kids during my everyday job, so I'm thinking more of a upper level position, but without any experience it would be difficult to position in. I have no background in scouting as a youth so I'm coming in as a true green-hor

Good thing my boy isn't interested in baseball. A lot of that "work" doesn't really apply to playing baseball, the reason a boy would want to be in the program. I can see him getting more excited about playing first base than being part of an opening day parade. Not really a strong incentive to getting me on-board. It makes one wonder for whom is the program focused.

We have a class-B camper that's a bit crowded for 5 people, but we make it work. We use it because our home-schooling involves a lot of field-trips and the cost of restaurants and hotels would limit us considerably. When we do a family camping trip we use 3 small tents, one for the wife and I, one for the girls and the boy likes his own tent as well. we used to have a small popup until a hail storm in Nebraska did a number on it.

LOL! You want a kid? I'll send you one! Catch me on a good day and I'll even cover the cost of shipping. Yes, I have a son in the program. Apology accepted. As I mentioned: My church takes a lot of my "free" time, but the wife and kids are also involved as a family. The wife teaches at the grade school level and I teach at the high school/adult level Sunday School. All our kids are old enough to be enrolled at that time. I volunteer for the local historical society and genealogy club because of my interest in history. One of my daughters volunteers at the historical soc

I hope they don't get to the point where they quit making cookies. I have the recipe for Thin Mints, but the other ones .... never mind. I'm good.

How can it stay a local option when it makes national news? Leaving everything to local option can turn into a PR nightmare.

The logic doesn't seem to follow through. If I my son wanted to play summer baseball, there would be the coach and maybe an assistant coach. I'm only guessing in that my son is not in the program. There's 9 on the team plus a few substitutes. That makes the majority of parents irrelevant. And me in particular in that I'm a history teacher, not a Phy Ed teacher. Even if I were to "get involved", I wouldn't know the first thing about baseball, I played it as a kid, but that's about it. What training would I get? None. So where's my carrot-on-a-stick? My boy wants to play baseball, I d

I thought it was my response! Kind of hard to tell. I didn't see any disrespect in your comments, nor do I think I showed any in mine. We've both stayed on topic and the only difference between our posts is yours seems to be focused on the subjectivity of the issue and I trying to be more objective about it tries to focus on how difficult that subjective fluidity is among different personal moral standards. Personally I would be slightly concerned about what the girl did (maybe one eyebrow up), but my fulcrum tipping point is more in the middle where it isn't an issue to me either way.

Oh, now "seediness" is added to the mix? Who determines that? Again, who's in charge of the fulcrum? All I know is the exact spot I pick will be the basis for personal harassment from both sides of the issue. No thanks. Oh, one other observation. The Girl Scout and her parents obviously are at a different point on the morality scale than others. Does that make her right or wrong. I can ask you and I can ask her parents. I'm thinking I'm going to get two entirely different answers.

All I have to go on is what is put on this forum. Knowing more about what is going on is my intent of being on this forum. DOING more about it remains a big question mark that I don't have the expertise to deal with. Even at the school where I work, we have administrators. I'm just a teacher doing his job.

So is a Bar & Grill okay? Bowling alleys have bars. And a lot of "bars" also sell pizza, popcorn, and snacks. Some even sell burgers. Can you see where the Fuzzy Logic comes into play? At what point does the scale tip? And more importantly, who is the fulcrum?

I assume that this refers to organizations not associated with the public school system. The clubs at our school are staffed by school employees who have expressed an interest in those areas. If I need to do a field trip for a class of 25 students, I may ask a parent or two to help herd the group, but most of the time it is another teacher. What other organizations do is of no impact on me.

My son IS someone else. It's his program, not mine. I support his interest in the program, not the program itself. He doesn't seem to be having any issues and is excited to go back each time without a hassle. Life is good. If asked for my expertise and I am available, I will offer what I have. So far those kinds of requests have not been forthcoming from the den leaders. Instead they want me to BE a leader. I haven't got the time to make that kind of commitment. I'm from the old philosophy of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." My son is happy which means to him and HIS program, it ai