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I'm so excited for SS!

sabrina69barnessabrina69barnes member
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DS1 joined Cub Scouts last fall and is really into it. SS wanted to join too but we only have him EOWE during the school year so I didn't think it would ever work since the meetings are during the week. Our CO says that DH and BM can enroll the kids in things on their time and they have to pay for it all and provide all transportation. BM has never been willing to enroll the kids in anything and with the exception of VBS one week in the summer, nothing has ever worked on our time.

I was doing  planning for DS1 to complete some things over the summer. I came across some info on how a boy can be a lone scout. I'd heard about this before but didn't realize it could apply to a blended family but it specifically says it can. SS will do a lot of things on his own but will be able to join DS1 in pack activities during the summer and on weekends we have him. SS is going to be so excited and I'm excited to tell him. I obviously wont but I want to wake him up and tell him now.

I also wanted to pass this along. I know several people have asked how to handle activities for stepchildren during EOWE visits. Maybe this would work for other people here too? SD wants to be a Girl Scout. Now I'm going to look into them to see if they have something like this too.
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Re: I'm so excited for SS!

  • Ginlyn0Ginlyn0 member
    Girl Scouts do have something similar. They are called Juliettes after the founder Juliette Gordon Low.
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  • IlumineIlumine member
    YEAH!  I am very happy for your SS too. 
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  • sabrina69barnessabrina69barnes member

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    Girl Scouts do have something similar. They are called Juliettes after the founder Juliette Gordon Low.

     

    Thanks! 

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    Girl Scouts do have something similar. They are called Juliettes after the founder Juliette Gordon Low.

    Thanks! 

    Glad I could put my years of GS knowledge to use since my girls quit this past Fall after 6 and 5 years (respectively). I'm a sad GS mom. I was an asst. troop leader. Our troop leader still wants me to volunteer but it isn't the same without the girls.

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  • sabrina69barnessabrina69barnes member
    I just told both of the kids and they are thrilled. SS is already working on earning stuff with DS1. I'm a pack committee member and we have a meeting tonight so I'll be able to enroll SS. I put in an e-mail to our local GS council to enroll SD.

    I know things can't always be fair and equal in a blended family. SK's not being able to participate in any activities when my bio kids can has always really bothered me because there wasn't anything I could do about it. I'm really glad that something like this is open to them. It makes this blended family thing suck a little less.
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    That's awesome news.  I'm glad scouting organizations are taking blended families into account.

     

    That is great! I'm happy for him as well!!

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    I get that you can apply for Lone Scout status, but why? You could register him in your son's Pack and allow him to join activities as he is available. Lone Scout is a pretty unusual approach unless you live in a community where scouting is a great distance away. He's sure to be asked about it and that might cause some ruffled feathers and drama among those who don't understand.

    I'm an adult leader in our troop and council level volunteer; we have a few boys who participate on a seasonal or major event basis. One of our scoutmasters has two nephews who live in another state and who scout with us for summer camp, jambos and high adventure trips. Another family has cousins who join us at summer camp and high adventure because their troop isn't as active as ours. 

    Another option would be for you and/or your DH to become the Den leader and tweak the meeting schedule to suit his visitation schedule. Scouting with my son and his friends is some of the most fun I've ever had. 

    I'm already DS1's Den leader. SS will be a bear. The bears for our pack already have a Den leader and meeting time already set up and it doesn't work for SS. I already talked to our Cubmaster and he agrees that SS being a Lone Scout will fit his needs best but he will still get to participate with our pack when he is here. Our pack is pretty small and I know all of the other families. I can't imagine how this would upset anyone or ruffle any feathers.

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    I get that you can apply for Lone Scout status, but why? You could register him in your son's Pack and allow him to join activities as he is available. Lone Scout is a pretty unusual approach unless you live in a community where scouting is a great distance away. He's sure to be asked about it and that might cause some ruffled feathers and drama among those who don't understand.

    I'm an adult leader in our troop and council level volunteer; we have a few boys who participate on a seasonal or major event basis. One of our scoutmasters has two nephews who live in another state and who scout with us for summer camp, jambos and high adventure trips. Another family has cousins who join us at summer camp and high adventure because their troop isn't as active as ours. 

    Another option would be for you and/or your DH to become the Den leader and tweak the meeting schedule to suit his visitation schedule. Scouting with my son and his friends is some of the most fun I've ever had. 

    I'm already DS1's Den leader. SS will be a bear. The bears for our pack already have a Den leader and meeting time already set up and it doesn't work for SS. I already talked to our Cubmaster and he agrees that SS being a Lone Scout will fit his needs best but he will still get to participate with our pack when he is here. Our pack is pretty small and I know all of the other families. I can't imagine how this would upset anyone or ruffle any feathers.

    If you're going to register lone scout, it's done at council level. I don't see why you don't just sign him up with your Pack and fit him in as you can. Does you month pack meeting happen on weekends?

    Lone scout will be less of a big deal within your Pack, but if you participate in council activities like camporee, Klondike or Pinewood regionals, some old school sticklers could call you on his membership. Let's just say there exist douchey old dudes who can and would say something. Since Lone Scout wears a different emblem it kind of sticks out from the Pack.

    LOL, DS led a group of special needs scouts at a Wreaths Across America Ceremony at the National Cemetery as his first Asst. Scoutmaster duties. Some male twatwaffle got all up in his business about his charges not wearing "official" pants. It really upset the kids and turned DS off adult leadership. The man was disciplined, but I've seen these idiots too often to put a kid out there unless I have to.

    Pack and Den meetings are on weekdays during the school year only. As a Bear he could be in the  pack since the parents check the work. Once he is a Webelo the den leader signs off on it so that wont work. As a Lone Scout the parent signs off on the work.  

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