re: Eagle Scout project question Update on page 4: The Eagle has landed!!

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This here is what raising a fine young man is all about!!

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First off, thank you very much. We've tried hard to make him into a young man. They had troop elections this past week and he decided to run for Chaplin. The fact that was the leadership position he wanted meant alot to me and his mom.

You know as any parent will tell you, you get to see it all with your kid(s). You see the good and the bad. You don't always get to see that with other kids. As a result, it sometimes makes you wonder how your kids "stacks up" against their peers. Yesterday, we had to sign our taxes at the accountants office over lunch time. On the way home, we stopped a the local Wendy's to grab a quick bite on the way home. I think 1/2 of the local high school was in there with the same intention. After 5 mins around kids a bit older than our, when I got back in the car the first thing I said to my wife was, "Our kid is smart." It amazed me how some of the kids had no real concept of etiquette, money, basic addition and subtraction, or generally just common sense. And these were suburban white kids from a fairly affluent area. Not saying my kid is a rocket scientist or anything, just that he seems more grounded than they typical teenager.