Saturday, January 24, 2015

Tuesdays With Ethan

Cub Scouting's Core Value #7 - Honesty

From the Tiger Cub handbook for the first grade Scout, "Cub Scouting emphasizes the relationships of the head, the heart and the hand to 12 core values and calls them Character Connections.  As you guide your Tiger Cub...you will help him reflect on the three dimensions of character - know, commit and practice."
  • Know - What do I think or know?
  • Commit - How do I feel about this value?  What makes this difficult to do?
  • Practice - What can I do?
Ethan and I sat down on the floor of his bedroom and began our Character Connection discussion for honesty.  There was a great deal of wiggling and fidgeting and I wasn't sure that this exercise would be very productive.
"What does it mean to be honest," I asked.
"To tell the truth," he said.
I was admittedly impressed considering how little he seemed to be paying attention.  So far, this was going better than I expected.
"Ethan, when do you find it difficult to be honest?" I asked him, as he rolled around on the carpet.
"On Tuesday," he replied.
- 4 January 2010