Kindness Empathy & Inclusion

Bullying is a tough nut to crack.

If we want to end bullying we need to understand it.

Every so often I hear from a Scouter or parent about a Scout who has a problem with bedwetting.

Several thirsty people stood around a table that held a glass of water.

A good friend in scouting who served as a scoutmaster and camp director for almost thirty years once pointed out to me that Scouting was inclusive, not exclusive.

Sometimes at summer camp, or a camporee I have taken offense, or witnessed others taking offense with the content of some skits or songs, or some similar public expression.

Don’t all of our Scouts have special needs? Each has an individual way of seeing things, individual talents and shortcomings, in one sense don’t all of us have some special need? The sport of Scouting is discovering how to best deliver the promises of Scouting to Scouts with different needs.

I asked Jay to write about his experiences in Scouting because I think it’s important to get to know and understand each other, that young men like Jay are not new to Scouting, that they have always been there – Clarke To all my fellow Scouters – We are all engaged in a conversation about whether or not to keep a policy in place at the national level that keeps gay people from active service in Scouting, as either adults or Scouts.

Karen and John Krejcha head up Autism Empowerment and Autism and Scouting to promote Acceptance, Enrichment, Inspiration and Empowerment within the Autism and Asperger communities.

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No organization cares about you.

To stay afloat organizations , like ships on the ocean, are designed to be reasonably impenetrable and inflexible.

How do you put out a fire? Adding more fuel is not the answer.

Anne-Marie Slaughter is the mother of two adolescent kids and a Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University.

I have had my share of ‘difficult’ Scouts.

A study released by Scout Association in the United Kingdom concludes that young people: Just want to have fun and family and friends… and make a difference Regard family members as the most positive influences in their lives Feel that members of youth/sports clubs are better citizens Want to be listened to Who are members of clubs feel valued and valuable Generally feel good about themselves Feel they are in control of their lives and feel resilient Trust their intuition and instincts to decide right from wrong The study reports: We do not pretend that the results of this research demonstrate anything revolutionary.

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Michael turned out to be a special Scout in more ways than one.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

I have known a troop who has a sign posted in their meeting place that reads “make good or make way”.