ChristianB

Thank you for your advice, I am going to ask their father if he feels like it’s worth his time to stay first then I will proceed from there. we have roughly 30-40 registered scouts.

Thanks for this advice.

These kids father is our Scout Master. They don’t want to leave but feel that these few individuals are set in stone against them. Conversations have been had between all parties but where everyone is so tense with each other nothing has improved. I wish to help improve the situation as this family is planing on leaving but even though other leaders agree that this family has been treated unfairly I will be standing on my own in any course of action I feel is necessary.

My position is Assistant scoutmaster Just some background information. The scouts that I mentioned have been in the troop for almost 4 years and are very motivated scouts. Since the time that they joined they have gone the extra mile and have invested extra time outside of scouts to complete requirements that can be done on their own and don’t require group learning. One of the scout leaders that has been giving them a hard time is our Advancement Chair and doesn’t like that these scouts are about to pass up his son (that is 2 years older) in rank and has been holding these two scouts to the letter as others are given more leeway when it comes to completing requirements About a year ago the Father of these scouts became our Scout Master after our previous one retired. This is where the jealousy comes into play. Another one of the leaders that doesn’t like them is our Finance Chair, She doesn’t like them because she wants her son to receive special treatment no matter what because her son is diabetic. This is always factored into everything and her son is held to the same standards as the rest of the scouts with consideration to his health. But she wants everything made easier for him no matter what. Their father is a terrific scout master, I have been in scouting almost my whole life and have experienced many different scout masters. These adults and a couple others in the troop didn’t like it that he became our scout master. These scouts have never been given an easy path to fallow, they work their hardest and their hard work shows. The rest of the troop loves having these scouts involved and they love the troop over all as well. Everyone would love them to stay but these few individuals are making them feel unwanted. like was mentioned I know this is something that needs to be handled between the parents involved but with so many of the participants being in leader roles makes it difficult, the other thing too is I’m only in my mid 20’s and although I have a lot of Valuable experience and have been through similar situations, I’m not taken very seriously and am quite easily dismissed.

I came here seeking some advice from other scout leaders. We have two brothers in our troop that have recently been receiving harsher treatment from some of our adult leadership. There is some jealousy of them and some hard feelings towards their father. They have been put down and made to feel inadequate by these leaders. 90% of the time every one gets along just fine and the scouts and their parents are very active in the troop. They have now decided that leaving the troop and going to another one is their best option. Again I think having them in the troop benefits everyone and them as scouters as well. without causing a great disturbance in the troop I don’t know how to approach this topic with our committee or our council. I as a leader in this troop feel like these scouts and their parents have been done a disservice by the leaders who have jealousy towards them. also all adult parties are in a leader roll both on the scout side and on the committee side