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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My father and husband both loved their time in boyscout camp. They also are both firmly against any child (or grandchild) of theirs participating, because it’s not worth the risk. It’s true that any organization *could* accidentally hire a predator, but it’s very different to sign your child up to be in the care of an organization which *did* hire predators, and go to great lengths to protect them. If, heaven forbid, your child is abused in Scouts how do you look them in the eye and say you tried to protect them when all the information was out there?[/quote]

The decades old info is out there yes.  Public schools used to paddle kids.  It does not keep me from sending my kids.  [/quote]

Would that make you feel better if your child was abused? I somehow don’t think I would be able to look at mine and say “yes we knew there was a long history of sexual abuse and coverup but you know we sent you to public school too!” And think that validated my choices. I don’t blame parents who sent their kids in the time before this was widely known but I believe when we know better we do better. [/quote]

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