Sure, Award the bully! Seriously!

Ok. So I don’t remember if I have told you all about the issues we were having with a particular group that my oldest son is a member in…but basically there is a child who repeatedly bullied my son, along with threatening to break his wrist. This child is also in a leadership position within this group, which makes it double hard for my son. We have had other problems within the group, but that was the main one. So we go to an event last night where they are giving out things that the kids have earned throughout the summer. My son did not want to attend but we felt he should make an appearance. Along with the earned items they gave out some other awards. Guess who got the award of “Scouter of the Year”?!?! The same child who repeatedly bullied my child and threatened to break his wrist!! Seriously! It isn’t like this kid has ever apologized to our son or admitted that he was wrong, or anything! Yet somehow he “earned” this award. Yeah. NOT. In my opinion- bullying another child weighs a lot more than doing a job you weren’t assigned to do. That’s just called helping out…Which any of the kids would have done. The bullying is a more serious offense and it should have made him ineligible for the award.  If they want to award a child whose bad attributes outweigh his good, then this isn’t the group for us. Guess what we are doing next week? Shopping for a different group.