Hello! I am leading a wolf den this year, and I'm wondering about the policy for involving parents in den meetings. I have 8 wolf cubs and was thinking it could be helpful to have some rotating parent help at den meetings to help keep the kids on task. I was considering asking parents if they could volunteer to stay and be involved in implementing 1-2 den meetings throughout the year. I would do all the planning and leading - I am good with that part, I could just see the benefit of a backup adult to keep things running more smoothly. However, our committee chair said that any parents who help out need to be YPT trained and registered volunteers. Given that this means paying $130 to be registered, I cannot in good conscience ask that of parents. I wanted to double check if this is true, and if there is any room for unregistered parent help at den meetings - are there specific guidelines somewhere? Otherwise, I can see if any of the parents are interested in specifically becoming an assistant den leader, I just thought spreading it out would be an easier way to get volunteers, as well as a nice way to get to know the families a bit better. As a note, all the dens meet at the same time and place, so there are other registered leaders present, they are just busy with their own den activities. A number of parents do stay anyway, they just do their own thing while they're waiting.
