Re: [Philmont]: Shakedowns?

> I agree in teaching youth the value of their world and a contract. At
> the
> same time, we are dealing with youth, who cannot contract. I don't
> mean in a
> legal sense, I mean in they have parents and grandparents and siblings
> who
> have more control over them than they have over themselves. They have
> no
> ability to not obey those people. (Remember the Scout Law?)
>
> Kids have schedules that they can barely control. They have coaches,
> and
> guidance counselors, teachers, and responsibilities to their unit.
>
> Example: A young person has a chance to scholarship in a spring sport
> such
> as track and field. Most of the running events would be enough
> training to
> qualify for Philmont training. Yet you will not allow him to go
> because he
> misses your shakedowns. His parents are not rich, the youth may need
> the
> scholarship if post high school education is a chance. Track and field
> ends
> and Philmont is a great opportunity. Can he go in your world?
>
> You may say these are the decisions they must learn to make. However
> that
> puts you in the place of a superior being or their parents. You are
> neither.
> We are not volunteers to force youth to make decisions. We are here to
> teach
> them how to make decisions. We are not here to direct their lives. We
> are
> here to help them develop the ability to direct their own lives.
>
> People, we are dealing with youth. We are in the business as
> volunteers in
> helping those youth grow and mature into the best possible person they
> can
> be, Not telling them its my way or the highway. They'll face enough
> of that
> as they grow.
>
> Jim Moss
>
Amen.

Dan Preston

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Received on Thu Jan 19 08:21:11 2006