Working through Problems

Specific difficult situations: Scouts wanting to quit, homesickness, and problem behavior.

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Bedwetting and Scouts
Every so often I hear from a Scouter or parent about a Scout who has a problem with bedwetting.
A New Scoutmaster - Chapter Thirteen
This is the thirteenth installment in a story that follows a new Scoutmaster, Chuck Grant, attempting to use the patrol method in a troop that has forgotten how.
Scout Spirit as First Aid
Scouters encourage and assess Scout Spirit in Scouts, but how often do we apply that same scrutiny to examine our own attitudes and actions? Speaking for myself; I don’t always live up to what I’d consider an ideal expression of Scout spirit; but I doubt anyone does either.
How Should We Respond to a Scout Who Wants to Quit?
There he is, waiting for our reply; how do we respond to a Scout who wants to quit? Not every boy is going to maintain an active interest in Scouts, it doesn’t automatically mean that anything is wrong with them, the program, or ourselves.
Working With Homesick Scouts
If you are headed off to camp this summer it’s likely you will be working with one or more homesick Scouts.
Mistakes Scout Leaders Make and How to Correct Them
Sometimes it seems we are doing all the right things but the results we are hoping for never materialize.
Understanding Risky Behavior in Scouts - Part Three
The first two parts of this discussion deal with why Scouts make poor decisions and how we can help them decide well .
Reacting, Rules and Resolutions
Scoutmasters tend to respond to problems by instituting rules or policies.
Tag - You Are It!
My youth leadership sometimes plays a game of tag – for some sudden reason they cannot make a meeting or event and dump their responsibility on another youth leader; tag, you’re it! Most of the time they do this with a phone call or a quick word at school.
Scouts and Homesickness
Night falls on the first day at summer camp; the big opening campfire is over, the troop has returned to the campsite, the Scouts are preparing for taps.