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“One-on-one contact between adults and youth members is not permitted. In situations that require personal conferences, such as a Scoutmaster’s conference, the meeting is to be conducted in view of other adults and youths.”

This can be thought of as an extension of the “two deep leadership” rule. There should be at least two adults present at all scouting functions involving youth. This serves not only to protect the youth members; it also protects the leader from any false accusations.

I have found that having more than one adult present usually makes it easier to carry on Cub Scout events anyway. In fact, in our Pack, we encourage parents to stay at all our Cub Scouting events when possible because they tend to be more committed to the program when they are there, and the leaders usually appreciate having adults available to help out.

“Two registered adult leaders or one registered leader and a parent of a participant, one of whom must be 21 years of age or older, are required on all trips and outings.”

The phrase to remember is “two-deep leadership.” All BSA outings require either two registered leaders or a registered leader and a parent (and one of them must be 21 or older).

In our Cub Scout Pack, we usually have little difficulty meeting this rule because we ask parents to come along on all our outings anyway if possible.

And remember that Tigers (first graders) are required to have their adult partner present at all Cub Scout events.

One of the key subjects of BSA (Boy Scouts of America) adult leader youth protection training is the Barriers to Abuse within Scouting. The Barriers to Abuse within Scouting are ten BSA youth protection policies which have been adopted to protect the youth we serve and to protect adult leaders from false abuse accusations.

Over the next few days, I will highlight these ten policies and their importance within the Cub Scouting program.