(May 6, 2012 at 7:42 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Were it not for my son and my desire to remain a part of his interests, my involvement would be out of the question. I think that in this case, compromise serves the greater good of maintaining (and hopefully increasing) the level of involvement in my son's life, and that consideration outweighs my personal objections.
Were you in a similar general position (not necessarily related to scouting), what do you think you would do?
i think i'd take into account what my kid thought about me being around their friends in that capacity. the decision would always be mine as the parent obviously, but social interaction is very important (imho) with their peers and i wouldn't want to hamper that. there's still always ways to let them participate in things like this and still teach them your way of doing things without letting them feel like they have to pick between parents' philosophies at a young age.
it sounds to me like you're a totally unselfish dad and that will give your words much more strength with him as he continues to grow.
they can land a rover on mars, yet they still have to stick a human finger up my ass to do a prostate exam?! - ricky gervais
