A few weeks ago I was introduced to one of the recently retired higher-ups, I believe he was 3rd from the top, in the BSOA national organization while out bird dog training. We had a few minutes to chitchat while the others were out working their dogs and we discussed my now 3 year old and whether I was going to do Scouting with him. Since I didn’t really know the guy and wanted to keep things as friendly as possible I told him I was hesitant because of recent national policies that concerned me. He insisted that that policy had no effect at the local levels and sexuality was never discussed with the boys. He didn’t understand that what would or wouldn’t be discussed was the least of my concerns. Damn shame what has happened to the organization.
I had to take the BSA “perv” training 15 years ago or so. (kids in scouting and i had a leadership position). Weird
The Girl Scout training (kids in GS and i was a leader) focused on how they wanted to get rid of the stay-at-home-moms like me whom were MOST of their volunteers (not PAID COUNCIL STAFF) because we stay-at-home-moms weren’t good enough role models for the GS. That really ticked me off. Just WHO did they think would pick up the slack?