Guest guest Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Does anyone have experience with boy scouts? I loved girl scouts as a child, but my son (age 9) has been asking me to join boy scouts and I have been discouraging him. I have the idea that it involves fishing and encourages hunting, things that my son and I are against. I hate to discourage him from joining something that his friends are involved in, but do not want him to get there, and then feel left out because they are learning to fish. Am I wrong? .... Danielle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 I don't know where things are at currently, but I remember a few years ago they were sued for discriminating against gay Boy Scouts leaders. I am not sure what their status is these days regarding discrimination. Marla > Does anyone have experience with boy scouts? I loved girl scouts as a child, > but my son (age 9) has been asking me to join boy scouts and I have been > discouraging him. I have the idea that it involves fishing and encourages > hunting, things that my son and I are against. I hate to discourage him from > joining something that his friends are involved in, but do not want him to get > there, and then feel left out because they are learning to fish. Am I wrong? > > ... Danielle > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Hi Danielle, I don't know about the hunting and fishing, but we won't be involved in Boy Scouts due to their policies of homophobia. I think fishing is a very big likelihood since it's meshed into so many situations as " americana, " but I just don't know. There are other groups in our area, that are similar to a scouting group - like a Native American parent/child group . . . but that doesn't help the issue of him wanting to do the same thing as his friends. Good luck!! Lorraine On Behalf Of Danielle Tuesday, May 20, 2008 11:46 AM Boy scouts Does anyone have experience with boy scouts? I loved girl scouts as a child, but my son (age 9) has been asking me to join boy scouts and I have been discouraging him. I have the idea that it involves fishing and encourages hunting, things that my son and I are against. I hate to discourage him from joining something that his friends are involved in, but do not want him to get there, and then feel left out because they are learning to fish. Am I wrong? .... Danielle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 i can't support the gender performativity promoted by boy scouts. their discriminatory practices and perpetuation of christian superiority are also serious issues to me. those issues alone mean that my son won't be doing boy scouts, hunting and/or fishing aside. can you arrange other activities for your son and his friends outside of boy scouts? there are a lot of different summer programs that he might enjoy as well. chandelle On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Lorraine <ldemi wrote: > Hi Danielle, > I don't know about the hunting and fishing, but we won't be involved in > Boy Scouts due to their policies of homophobia. I think fishing is a > very big likelihood since it's meshed into so many situations as > " americana, " but I just don't know. There are other groups in our area, > that are similar to a scouting group - like a Native American > parent/child group . . . but that doesn't help the issue of him wanting > to do the same thing as his friends. > Good luck!! > Lorraine > > > > <%40> [ > <%40>] On > Behalf Of Danielle > Tuesday, May 20, 2008 11:46 AM > <%40> > Boy scouts > > Does anyone have experience with boy scouts? I loved girl scouts as a > child, but my son (age 9) has been asking me to join boy scouts and I > have been discouraging him. I have the idea that it involves fishing and > encourages hunting, things that my son and I are against. I hate to > discourage him from joining something that his friends are involved in, > but do not want him to get there, and then feel left out because they > are learning to fish. Am I wrong? > > ... Danielle > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 My 9 year old son wanted to join Cub Scouts last Fall and I hesitated because of political reasons (their stance on gays) and the focus on religion. I went ahead and let my son do it and I am very glad. He never did anything related to fishing or hunting. I didn't even see it come up in the book although maybe it's in a later section. Even if it did, you could opt out of that activity. Things that his den did are a pinewood derby car race, feed the homeless, toy drive, paper planes, learned CPR, played at the beach, learn to work together and support each other. Mostly they just had fun! He never wanted to leave when it was time to come home. Even though the book made it sound like religion was a big component, we never did anything that made me feel uncomfortable. I'd recommend trying it out if your son wants to. I found the time to bond with other boys was way more important than my concerns that never came to fruition. Connie , " Danielle " <daniellej wrote: > > Does anyone have experience with boy scouts? \] > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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