Getting Adult Leaders to step back

[david.w.rahfeldt]

This is why in Scouting ADULT patrols are kept separate from YOUTH patrols on hikes and camping trips.

 

IF the old folks think that they have a better way ... let them do THEIR PATROL or THEIR CRUISE ... their way ... but when they are along on YOUR CRUISE, they need to, with exception of health or safety issues ... or coaching folks on METHODS ... keep their good intentions and great ideas safely tucked away in their heads or notebooks ... till they use them on THEIR CRUISE ... and yes ... the adults should get it out of their system doing their own thing now and then ... separately.

 

I would try to pick out the parts of the manuals and handbooks that keep saying BOY LED ... and copy and forward those parts of the training and handbooks to the parents in question ... perhaps an anonymous mail to them to start with ...

 

see if that makes any impression or change before engaging them directly in risky dialog.

 

Odds are they just dont understand the consequences of their actions and attitudes.