{"id":236,"date":"2008-02-19T17:53:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-19T17:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/?p=236"},"modified":"2008-02-19T17:53:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-19T17:53:00","slug":"tenderfoot-and-the-bully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/?p=236","title":{"rendered":"Tenderfoot and the Bully"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By now you may have heard that the Boy Scouts of America have taken a stand against bullying by changing a Tenderfoot requirement to read, &#8220;<b>Explain the     importance of the buddy system as it relates to your personal safety on outings     and in your neighborhood. Describe what a bully is and how you should respond     to one.&#8221;<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The BSA website (<a href=\"http:\/\/scouting.org\/\">scouting.org<\/a>) has a good explaining of this requirement for Boy Scouts and troop leadership. It states:<\/p>\n<p>A bully is someone who wants to hurt another person. Bullying can be physical,     verbal, emotional, social, behavioral, or any combination. Bullying can also take     place just about anywhere: on the bus, at school, at soccer practice, even online,     via the Internet. However, bullying can be stopped. Help put an end to the bullying     by taking action first yourself.    <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> If ignoring the bully doesn&#8217;t work, stand up for yourself with words.              Rehearse what you want to say to that you will feel in control of your              emotions when you confront the bully.<\/li>\n<li> Tell the bully how hurtful it feels to be bullied, and ask why you are              the target. Ask the bully to stop.<\/li>\n<li> Sometimes, agreeing with the bully and having a ready response will work              (&#8220;So what if I have a face full of zits. What&#8217;s it to you?&#8221;).<\/li>\n<li> Hang out with a couple of friends; try not to be alone.<\/li>\n<li> Tell an adult you trust, such as a parent, teacher, or coach.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>This requirement is described on page 57 of the 2008 edition of the Boy Scout Handbook.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Luckily, Troop 68 has not had many instances of bullying within the troop during the last several years. When it does happen we try to &#8220;nip it in the bud&#8221; by talking to the Scout doing the bullying. I think it is a decent requirement to add to the Tenderfoot Rank and will allow us an opportunity to talk to Scouts about the subject.<br \/><b><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">Subscribe to &#8220;A Scoutmaster&#8217;s Blog&#8221; at<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/28330606\/posts\/default<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By now you may have heard that the Boy Scouts of America have taken a stand against bullying by changing a Tenderfoot requirement to read, &#8220;Explain the importance of the buddy system as it relates to your personal safety on outings and in your neighborhood. Describe what a bully is and how you should respond [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advancement"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3554,"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236\/revisions\/3554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}