DEN8113

I am afraid you are trying to push your children ahead too fast. I am a Webelos 1 leader well on track to have requirements for AOL by summer. They will cross over when they are due in 5th grade. I would in no way want these young boys in boy scouts with high school students who are dating and getting ready to drive. My Webelos visited a Boy Scout Troop meeting and enjoyed it. They have gone on outings with BS. I think your job as a leader is not to push through requirement but to help them grow and mature. There are so many good things to do with the boys from internet safety to sport belt loops and pins. I have a 19 year old boy and a 9 year old boy. It is wonderful experience to have an older boy around (as you would by utilizing a den chief) but you don't want the little one to think he is an equal. Webelos are little boys - they have a long time to mature. Having the world's youngest eagle is a goal/bragging right for a parent - it does not serve the child's best interest. I have never seen a good young eagle.

We went on a ski outing and one cub scout hit another on the ski lift severe enough to bloody both his nose and mouth. The offending boy (10 years old - possible learning disability - doesn't pay attention at meetings - tries to disrupt by getting others to join in with him) is from a divorced young single parent family and the other (9 years old - bright, athletic, well rounded - and my child) is from a very -maybe overly structured family. I am fairly sure the one who was hit was correcting bad behavior (I was told the boy1 was swinging the lift - boy 2 said to stop - he didn't and somehow it ended up boy 2 was hit in the face) and probably have attributed to the outcome. They are boys - both are accountable. I am the den leader and wish to address this at the next den meeting. Are there any resources that address this issue of fighting/violence? I try to teach my children it is inappropriate to hit (although I had to give him permission to hit an older child who was bulleying him a couple years ago - that ended that bulleying). I hate to give permission for my son hit another boy in the den (where I am the leader) but what can be done. Any advise? Any resources? Any experiences you can share?