Post #3746691

2026-07-11 19:52 UTC

I want to share something that happened this week at camp. We have a mixed gender scout troop (basically, if you have (or don’t) a gender, you are welcome). Five of my scouts went on a whitewater rafting trip, a 2 hour bus ride away. On the way up, a young scout with some impulse control issues from another troop was misbehaving. My scouts tried to stop him and alert adults who eventually separated him, and gave him more supervision. 1/4

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@IcooIey@mastodon.green 2026-07-11 19:52

One of the things he did was to touch one of my young female scouts and take her photo(or pretend to). He wasn’t apparently trying to touch her in sexual way, but just touching her. He did other things, too. It wasn’t until my scouts were sitting at dinner and talking about this and some of the older boys who hadn’t been there pointed out that this was not ok. “No one should touch you without your consent!” 2/4

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@WanderingHuman@cosocial.ca 2026-07-11 20:14

@IcooIey@mastodon.green @SRLevine@neuromatch.social This is so amazing! I'm so happy to hear it. When my (au?)ADHD son was around 7 or 8, another boy made a big deal about him touching him. Unfortunately, the daycare minder wasn't on the ball that day (it was end of day), and didn't control the situation appropriately. The other boy's parents made a huge deal, inc calling the cops, before we were even notified. Wildly disproportionate reaction!! (1/2)

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