What to do when … Boys act silly, throw things at each other and disrupt the program
View a list of all the problems covered in this series. —————————- A statement frequently heard by the wives of Brigade leaders as their husbands walk…
Category: Handling Problems
What to do when … A boy is uncooperative but comes because his parents send him.
View a list of all the problems covered in this series. —————————- It’s particularly challenging to motivate a boy who does not want to be motivated,…
What to do when … A boy uses foul language
View a list of all the problems covered in this series. —————————- This situation usually catches a leader by surprise. In the middle of a hotly-contested…
What to do when … A ”hyperactive” boy keeps the group in a state of turmoil
View a list of all the problems covered in this series. —————————- The terms “hyperactive”, “ADD”, and ADHD” have, over the past 30 years, become common…
What to do when … A boy becomes antagonistic toward one of the leaders
View a list of all the problems covered in this series. —————————- Occasionally, a particular leader and boy will draw sparks and not be able to…
Positive Ways To Keep Group Order
“Folly is bound up in the heart of a child …” Proverbs 22:15 Boys don’t need an audience or outside influence to cause trouble. Left…
A Conversation Neither of Us Wanted to Have
Zac stood there in front of me asking what I thought of his hair. It’s not that I hated his mohawk. It was pretty short…
Teaching boys About the Bible: Bible Drills
Do many of the boys in your program come from a background where they have never even learned to find their way through the Bible,…
Chief Ranger Corner – Some Great Ideas
Eric Van Houten was a chief ranger at Westminster Chapel in Bellevue, Washington for the more than 13 years. Eric’s Stockade was a large unit…
TOO MANY BOYS, NOT ENOUGH MEN?
It’s important to limit the size of your posts. If you can’t recruit enough rangers to limit post size to six or eight boys, then…