Parenting a challenging kid. Am I doing this right?

HImom
Tue, 22 Sep 2015 05:28:49 +0000

If he does participate in scouting, you have to be sure he’s ready for it AND that you are standing by and helping the troop. We had one boy in our scout troop who was acting out and hurting the other boys. We told the dad that we were happy to have his S in the troop but he or another adult had to stay at the meetings to ensure that the S didn’t harm others. The dad insisted it was his “time off” and refused and pulled the S from the troop. We were sad for the S but relieved for the others in the troop. The other kids in the troop who had some issues had parents who were active in the troop and made sure their sons pulled their weight and did not harm anyone.