SeattlePioneer 144 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Youth or adults? Link to post Share on other sites
pchadbo 60 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 The well intentioned parents of those wonderful cherubs we call scouts Link to post Share on other sites
Frank17 10 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Adults, specifically the parents of scouts who are not leaders themselves. Link to post Share on other sites
jr56 92 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Parents, and untrained committee members. Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle92 110 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 90% the adults who cannot play well with others. 10% it is a disruptive youth who is forced to be in scouting. Link to post Share on other sites
NJCubScouter 1389 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Neither. We have never had a single problem in our troop. (Serious answer: If the troops I read about in this forum are typical, we are very fortunate in our troop to have had only a very small number of "issues" over the years. I actually can think of only one "complaining parent." We have had a few discussions in the committee that have been irritating. We have had a couple of parent-Scout combinations find troops more to their liking, but I would count that as subtracting trouble rather than adding to it. As for youths (or is that utes?) we have had a few persistent disciplinary problems (as in recurring "minor" incidents) as well as one incident I would have to call "major", but that took care of itself as the parents withdrew the Scout from the troop before any disciplinary action was taken -- actually, about 3 hours after the incident. So adding all that up, I would say it's about equal between youth and adults. Now, if you are talking about Cub Scouts, that's much easier -- in my experience it was the parents, hands down. Even the few issues I saw with the Cubs themselves were at their parents' instigation. And I am not counting Cub Scouts talking out of turn, not paying attention, or wandering off -- all of that just goes with the age group.)(This message has been edited by njcubscouter) Link to post Share on other sites
dScouter15 11 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 When the "Its Only An Hour A Week" slogan was popular, our troop adapted it a little: "Its Only An Hour A Week Per Scout. And Two Per Adult." Link to post Share on other sites
Scoutfish 16 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Definantly adults! 99% of all issues originate because of adults. 1% due to scouts. But of the one percent of scout issues, 99% of those 1 % could be traced back to the adults in some shape, form or way! Link to post Share on other sites
Nike 94 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Directly: Almost always parents Indirectly: Absolutely always parents Link to post Share on other sites
Knot Head 10 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 typically parents that just crossed over Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle007 10 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Adults hands down Link to post Share on other sites
CA_Scouter 11 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Overtrained committee members. Link to post Share on other sites
Lisabob 13 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 seems there's a consensus! Seattle, what's your take? Link to post Share on other sites
Basementdweller 608 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Stay at home moms whose son is gonna be an eagle because it is a family tradition. other than that Parents Link to post Share on other sites
SeattlePioneer 144 Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 I ran into an experienced Scoutmaster who had been an experienced Cubmaster and we were joking about this. I thought I'd throw it out for a wider audience. Few things attract such unanimity on this board! Link to post Share on other sites
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