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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]11:18 -- does your child like scouts or does s/he moan and complain about every meeting/event?  Just wondering how much you have to push your child vs. the child willingly going along with something you selected?

I only ask b/c I'm feeling tired today -- tired of trying to encourage, nudge, advise and otherwise "push" my kids into being engaged outside of the house.  If they had their choice, it seems they would do school, minecraft and pokemon.  Sometimes the lack of joy/appreciation for all the things I put effort into is discouraging.  (by effort, I mean paying for the costs of classes/teams/shoes/etc., driving them to the events, volunteering to help with or lead activities, etc., etc.).

Do you ever get to the point where the benefits just don't come close to the costs?[/quote]

Moans sometimes but not every time- but then he moans about school too and I still make him go to school.  He is 16 and moaning is part of his persona. :)  He has done the badges and is working Eagle project.  We told him he could quit Scouts at any time ( and we meant it and still do) [i]if[/i] he found a similar activity.  We let him opt out of sports after he tried them willingly, we let him opt out of music without trying an instrument.  He says no to every other activity available -arts, theatre, student government, Model UN, Lego, chess, math or science clubs...  Our rule is he has to say yes to one- he chose to stay in Scouts.   It helps in the long run as he is an introvert and needs to be pushed out of his comfort zone so he doesn't end up in our basement post college. :)  [/quote]

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