RankinFL 0 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Looking for an idea/lesson regarding a dishonest scout in Troop. Link to post Share on other sites
LeCastor 641 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Welcome, @RankinFL, to the Forum! Please do give us a little more information so that we might better serve your needs. Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff1974 14 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Good afternoon, As a new Scoutmaster, many of my scoutmaster minutes have revolved around the Scout law. For a Scout is honest, I asked the Troop to provide their own working definitions, so as to delve a little beyond "a scout tells the truth," and then told a story of personal experience about how a dishonest individual lost trust, credibility and had a hard time keeping all of the false statements consistent. This allowed for a personal lesson to be offered, without casting aspersions at any Troop member, or for other members in the Troop to start thinking that one among them had engaged in that conduct. Best of luck! Link to post Share on other sites
LeCastor 641 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Welcome, @Jeff1974, to the Forum! Link to post Share on other sites
qwazse 4344 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 I'm speaking from the school of hard knocks: Discuss with your committee chair ... possibly even the committee if other scouts have been harmed or put at risk as a result of the scout's deception. Determine if a suspension is in order, and for how long. (It could be a week, it could be 20 weeks.) Meet with the scout and his parent, and make clear that the troop cannot function if any scout cannot be trusted. Let the scout know that he is suspended for whatever time was recommended by the committee. Have the SPL give his position of responsibility (if he holds one) to another scout. Tell the scout to use that time to determine if he is willing to be trustworthy. If so, he may give you a call and ask to rejoin the troop after he's "done his time." Welcome him back and let him know that when he thinks he's demonstrated scout-like behavior for a few weeks he may ask the SPL for a new PoR. Act quickly and courteously to keep the troop rolling along. Link to post Share on other sites
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