When it got stuck, my wife admonished him and asked, "WTH did you think would happen?" He didn't respond.
As an understanding father, I sat him down and explained that, if he finds himself in that position again, he should be clear that he's a strong Humean skeptic and that it doesn't really matter what he thought would happen because he couldn't actually know without perceiving it empirically.
I'm trying to figure out what to do here. My DC keeps handing out answers that contradict the program materials.
Last year, the DC claimed the CO didn’t own the unit. This is printed in all caps in the COR Guidebook and scattered throughout the other materials. However, based on this answer, a leadership conflict that should have been resolved by the COR at the unit level was escalated through Council resulting in embarassment to the CO and the CO telling my family to leave the unit because the conflict had become a distraction.
More recently, a question arose about the beginning of the Cub Scout program year (June or August). The DC confidently responded that it was when the school year begins in August. The Guide to Advancement clearly says June 1st. My son will be crushed to learn that, in addition to losing his old Pack (and his friends), the new Pack won't recognize his advancement to Webelos until after the summer.
Leaders listen to Commissioners. One would think the answer "I don't know" or "let's see what the book says" would be better than making stuff up. I would think the written rules would be the final arbiter, but I'm afraid to point to the rulebook again because this Council doesn't seem to care about it and have already shown a willingness to shoot the messenger.
Any advice?