Big Brothers has always raised doubts in me. I’ve been involved in several youth related endeavors over many years. Church youth group, Boy Scouts, Trail Life USA, municipal ski club etc.
The organizations and I took great care to assure that an adult leader was never once alone with a youth.
I’ll bet that in 30 years of this stuff, my amalgamated time one on one is under ten minutes. And I can’t think of a single time it exceeded 30 seconds.
Well, there was one occasion. A younger boy of about 11 had an accident during a hike. We worked out a plan to save his dignity. I “accidentally” spilled my water bottle on him and apologized in front of everyone.
I told him it would be our secret and immediately realized I used a very improper term. Secrets between adult leaders and boys are forbidden. I informed the other leaders and that evening, while still on the campout, I called his dad, let him know what happened and made sure he knew no harm was intended. He appreciated me helping out his son
I knew of one that got shut down because the people in charge were stealing money and taking a lot of the things people donated for the kids. What a sick bunch of people to take from such needy kids.
Same here. I’ve always seen Big Brothers Big Sisters as a canned hunt for pedophiles. Of course, there is extensive vetting, but there’s always a first time with these cretins.
My early 20s Eagle Scout nephew has decided that he is now a girl, dressing in women’s clothing and wanting to be called by a female name. I wonder if it was a homosexual scout leader who turned him out.
I decline to call him “her” or “she” or to use the girly name. Some family members object; I don’t care.