boyscouts ... not for my child

[John_Wensink]

I didn't mean that the scouts were exlusively responsible for teaching the child.

You are absolutely right it is the parents responsibility but a little extra enforcement never hurt.

Quote from Turok:

JW:
>Maybe if you allowed your child to join they would learn
>the values that would help them in not making other
>poor decisions in life.

Perhaps he's one who believes that it is the *parents* who are responsible for instilling said values.

JB

 

[man]

Quote from pattersb:

Am I reading this correctly and has it been pointed out?

You refer to your child as "her", are you stating "boyscouts ... are not for your DAUGHTER" ?

Are you also inclined to ban any sons you might have from joining the GirlScouts?

Next Thread... "Daughters of Confederacy ... NOT FOR MY SON!"


What is that saying about Common Sense again? Oh I know, it's just common sense, in a progessive sort-of-way, to eliminate any distinctions between the sexes that is.

first of all i had discussion with my sister who has her
sons at the scouts and that is why i got "engaged" in
the subject. that is the origin of this thread.
and second as far as i know they have girls there too.
i thought the phrase boyscout is accurate and i did not
intend to get this into boy-girl discussions.

 

[man]

Quote from gblnking:

As a single dad raising a teenage daughter myself I'm 100% behind the idea of parental responsibility. But being a single dad raising a teenage daughter I also understand that sometimes we have to turn to the "tools" that help us to raise them. Those "tools" can be teachers and school activities, orginized sports, and even scouting programs. Remember that old saying "It takes a community to raise a child"? You really develope an understanding of it's meaning when you have to go it alone. Values start at home but need to be reenforced constantly. A person can take any orginization and/or activity and find a paranoid spin around it. But sometimes there just isn't a conspiracy lurcking it it's shadow.

i guess teenage is a very different story, so i am not
qualified to judge your efforts. yet i would think and
actually hope that the scouts are not the one and only
source for integrity in youth social life.

 

[man]

Quote from maxpi:

I'm steering clear of that McDonalds and those militaristic people in those uniforms... I'm a creative guy and I don't want them infecting my thinking, I'll look like an idiot when I speak out at the next town council meeting instead of the truly creative guy I am.

I know I am creative 'cause when I shut my eyes I can see these patterns moving, that's a sure sign!! I bet those Boy Scouts don't see patterns like mine........

almost funny. maybe your town council fellows see in you
the real big entertainer that you truly are.

 

[man]

Quote from nutmeg:

Hi Dad, I'd like you to meet my two friends. This is Joe and he is a boy scout. This is Bob, his Dad wouldn't let him join the boy scouts.

Just wanted to see how that looks in print.

I'm not quite sure what conclusions I can draw from this statement. Is Bob an individual?
Joe can quit. Bob can't quit, can't join either. An opportunity for dialogue missed on developing your child.

i can't tell you much about joe or bob, but you, my
friend, you got the stuff that makes great ... thinkers.
and once you do not need to see your thoughts on a
screen anymore to reflect upon them, everybody else
will realise it too.