[RochesterFan]

A few years ago I was an assistant scoutmaster and part of our Council training team. Every adult leader was taught to never be alone with a scout who was not your own son. Even when we did scoutmaster conferences for rank advancement, we sat at a table with the scout in full view of others but just out of earshot, so the scout could have some small degree of privacy as we discussed his progress. This is a sad necessity to protect honest, upright, caring adults from even the appearance of impropriety, let alone false accusations.

[decimon]

When I was young (I’m 62) we were mostly blind to what was going on. Now we see more than is there. It will take time but I think things will settle to some realistic middle ground.

[art_rocks]

What’s sad is ten years ago, I was a LT at Fort Lewis. I had a single mother i knew say I should try for the Big Brother program. I would have done but was expecting to PCS soon. Today, I would never consider joining the program.