Okay, here we go...
I know I can't get fired from anything by telling this story, but can I get kicked out of the ward? I don't know, but this neighbor of mine should be separated from all people under the age of 18. (the rest of us "adults" will have to deal with him) This same neighbor who sprays off his house at all hours of the day, whines about all of our weeds, has a wife who we have all learned how to avoid, has ADD/crazy children, and preaches to go to "drinking parties" to be a good missionary has now trumped all before-told stories.
Our scouts went camping last week. This group is made up mostly of 12-year-olds = children. This neighbor of mine (any good ideas for nicknames?) is one scout leader and who knows where any other adult was during all of this. I guess the first night or morning as he was changing clothes, to complete nakedness, did it IN FRONT of all the boys OUTSIDE OF HIS TENT and stated, "we're all adults here."
No. They were not adults, hence having adult leaders assigned to scouts.
So, since boys can be silly and probably didn't know how else to process what happened with their "trusted" leader, they proceeded to tease him about it. I don't know how they teased or what they said, but come on, they are children. To respond to the teasing of children, this leader/neighbor yelled "Just shut the Hell up." (specifically to our Bishop's son)
As one who works with children, there is NO excuse to talk to somebody else's child that way EVER. The yelling didn't surprise me since Dan and I constantly hear him shouting at his own 1 & 3 year-old children. (and wife, but that's a whole other story)
So how do I feel about having him as a neighbor? Does he even know how inappropriate his actions were? Will he ever be allowed to be with teens and children in our ward again? Will his wife defend him or not?
Stay tuned to this same bat-channel to find out.
Our scouts went camping last week. This group is made up mostly of 12-year-olds = children. This neighbor of mine (any good ideas for nicknames?) is one scout leader and who knows where any other adult was during all of this. I guess the first night or morning as he was changing clothes, to complete nakedness, did it IN FRONT of all the boys OUTSIDE OF HIS TENT and stated, "we're all adults here."
No. They were not adults, hence having adult leaders assigned to scouts.
So, since boys can be silly and probably didn't know how else to process what happened with their "trusted" leader, they proceeded to tease him about it. I don't know how they teased or what they said, but come on, they are children. To respond to the teasing of children, this leader/neighbor yelled "Just shut the Hell up." (specifically to our Bishop's son)
As one who works with children, there is NO excuse to talk to somebody else's child that way EVER. The yelling didn't surprise me since Dan and I constantly hear him shouting at his own 1 & 3 year-old children. (and wife, but that's a whole other story)
So how do I feel about having him as a neighbor? Does he even know how inappropriate his actions were? Will he ever be allowed to be with teens and children in our ward again? Will his wife defend him or not?
Stay tuned to this same bat-channel to find out.
posted by Lindsey Montague @ 12:06 PM
2 Comments:
At 9:16 PM,
.::still blinking::. said…
wowzer. jj said it does not suprise him. did the guy think that he was going to get some kind of approval? Aren't scouts down to like the age of eight? That would really, really bother me if I was a parent of one of these children. Those are the kinds of situations you tell your child to be aware of and to let you know about.
jj said that guys are way more open about being naked together. Like showering after gym class together and it is no big deal. But if there was an adult showering with all the kids that would be strange.
I hope that someone does something about it, or says something. Or does not let him go to scout camp anymore. I know that scout camp is gross, but it is not survivor and you cannot fuzz out the parts that are not supposed to be seen.
I bet they would fit right in at Walmart or the county fair.
At 9:20 PM,
Lindsey Montague said…
I just read your final comment on Annie's blog and I sure hope I don't get sued. Sometimes I act before I think. You won't tell, and the other 3 people who glance at my stuff won't either...right?
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