[Bobwhite Blather] What are you clinging to?

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There's a new item at Bobwhite Blather: 'What are you clinging to?'

Talking with the Cubmaster at a Blue & Gold banquet recently, I found out that
her son is crossing into Boy Scouts this spring. In fact, he (and she) have
already been on a campout of the troop that he is joining. Among other tales of
the adventure that lies across the bridge, I gently advised her to quell the
urge to do things that the boys should be doing. She had heard that before -
from the Scoutmaster. On the campout, she thought it would be helpful if she'd
wipe down the table after the patrol had lunch, whereupon the Scoutmaster
reminded her that it was the boys' job to do that - not the adults'. So she
called her son over and told him to do it, and learned the next part - it's not
the adults' job to direct the Scouts, but that they're led by their own
leaders.

There's a lot to learn when an adult follows his or her son into a troop.

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