When Cub Scouts was first pitched to us, by a flyer that came home in his back pack, it was one night a month. HA!!!! Try one night a week or more, but that is not what annoys me. What really gets to me are the other parents, and the pack/den leaders. They are crazy. Nutso.
We got into this because L was interested and I thought it would be a fun father/son activity for D and L to do together. Now that D is deployed, I am the parent taking him to the meetings. So to my dear husband who was complaining about the crazies from the beginning I must apologize. I am sorry I got you into this, and I too am hoping he loses interest before next year!
Okay back to the crazies: Our particular Den leader is a nice woman but her son is completely out of control, and she never reins him in. Instead of talking to the kids to keep them interested she litters her speech to them with little anecdotes for the parents (I can tell that the other parents care as little for her stories as I do). Then she has to wait until the kids calm down again before she continues. What is supposed to be an hour long meeting takes 3. Today was no exception.
The Pack leader is the king of all crazies; I don’t think he does anything else. I don’t get it. I love my kids beyond measure, but I have a hard time with other kids. I tease D all the time that he doesn’t like people, and likes other people’s kids even less. After this Cub Scout experience I am feeling the same way.
How about parents start taking responsibility for their children’s behavior? Teaching them to be respectful? Basic Manners? I always make my sons take their caps off when we enter a building, and our den leader asked me why I have them do that. Seriously?! Manners. The same reason why the young should give up their seats for the elderly. Manners. The same reason you stand when you meet someone new. Listening when someone else is talking. Being a good sport and a gracious winner. Manners. Manners. Manners.
I thought Cub Scouts was about teaching young boys? Shouldn’t we be teaching them manners above all?
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