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Iv'e had some experience with having to disclose my past with a state licensing agency and eventually was successful. However, my state has laws that keep licensing investigations sealed. My concern with this ultimately comes back to my son, being that if full disclosure was required among parents etc.. at a very local level that eventually this will end up in a child's ear from where it would spread exponentially. The most likely outcome of that would be that my child would be picked on, ostracized or harassed. This would be something that I wouldn't want to deal with.

My son will be old enough to start scouting this year and I would like to be involved in some way. I would like for my son to experience things that I wasn't able to. When I was in my early 20's, I was convicted of several felonies for being involved in a crime.(not violent or sexual) I was a minor participant and didn't know that my actions would lead to crime being committed. Nonetheless, due to the ever receding concept once known as mens rea in this country, I was charged and convicted and the state of conviction does not allow expunction with the exception of ID theft. I spent 5 years in prison. I am 38 now. Luckily, while in prison, I met a volunteer with the church who became my mentor. He encouraged me to go back to school and not let this ruin my life. I have since graduated from an Ivy and gotten my MBA. I now own a medium sized business and most people in the community do not know about my past. I guess they assume that one could not be someone in life with such a past. What are the considerations for a situation such as this? What types of disclosure are required? Is it strictly on a high level need to know or is it required that all other parents know about this? Any advice would be helpful.