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<blockquote data-quote="scratch" data-source="post: 1054945" data-attributes="member: 1674"><p>Yes I read the article, did you comprehend it yourself or what I wrote in response to it? I am very aware of the scouting program since I had to take the initial child safety training and later helped teach it. I also took training by going to National Camp School to run Summer Camp programs as a Project COPE Program Director and I also went to Wood Badge, which is the top adult leader training.The author cherry picked certain cases that happened decades ago. The National Organization has always been against child abuse and pioneered ways to stop it. The background checks done now are much better these days than just some adult signing a leader registration form back then. There was not an intentional major coverup of the abuses that sometimes happened. Most scouting groups are chartered by churches, and lots of times that fact had a lot to do with keeping incidents private. I'm not saying that it is right, but there are often many factors that affected the outcome in a lot of the cases. Again, when you take into account the millions of boys(and girls) that have been through the scouting program, the record is much better than that article asserts. If you think your child is safer with an adult running a sports team or school program with zero oversight, good luck with that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scratch, post: 1054945, member: 1674"] Yes I read the article, did you comprehend it yourself or what I wrote in response to it? I am very aware of the scouting program since I had to take the initial child safety training and later helped teach it. I also took training by going to National Camp School to run Summer Camp programs as a Project COPE Program Director and I also went to Wood Badge, which is the top adult leader training.The author cherry picked certain cases that happened decades ago. The National Organization has always been against child abuse and pioneered ways to stop it. The background checks done now are much better these days than just some adult signing a leader registration form back then. There was not an intentional major coverup of the abuses that sometimes happened. Most scouting groups are chartered by churches, and lots of times that fact had a lot to do with keeping incidents private. I'm not saying that it is right, but there are often many factors that affected the outcome in a lot of the cases. Again, when you take into account the millions of boys(and girls) that have been through the scouting program, the record is much better than that article asserts. If you think your child is safer with an adult running a sports team or school program with zero oversight, good luck with that. [/QUOTE]
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