[DoughtyOne]

Strange as it may seem, I have heard of a few cases where  umpires (of boys baseball) have been arrested for improper behavior with young boys.  You wouldn't think they would come into contact on that level with the kids.

It has been my take that father volunteers pretty much ran the day to day Boy Scout efforts.  Why would there be a need for guys that weren't parents to get involved?

The boy's parents get involved and then drop out as their kid grows out of that age group.  Then the parents of new scouts get involved.

Isn't that sort of a built in safety measure?  I know some dads do bad things too, but at least they have some vested interest in the program.

[stephenjohnbanker]

” It has been my take that father volunteers pretty much ran the day to day Boy Scout efforts.”

Just as my dad did, when I was a Boy Scout.

” Why would there be a need for guys that weren’t parents to get involved?”

I wonder how many good Boy Scout advocates had the wisdom to ask this very question when under attack by the homo lobby? I can’t think of a better one.