By Renee Martinez
Oldest boy went on a scouting adventure with husband for 3 days. I met them at the camp tonight for a family BBQ and campfire. It sounds like they had a great time together, surely, the memories will last forever.
Scouting is, in my opinion, a wonderful program to expose boys to activities they may not otherwise experience. It teaches respect, dedication, provides challenges and builds confidence. My son learned how to shoot a bb gun, went fishing, boating, learned archery, went on hikes, swam, and laughed and sang songs with his dad and friends. What more could a boy ask for?
My husband was an Eagle Scout, so this trip brought back memories from his own childhood. I read somewhere that the number of executives who were Eagle Scouts is very high. If you find this stat, send it to me with a link.
I think there’s so much emphasis on sports that boys feel pressure as they get older to abandon Scouts and focus on sports. The boys learn so many useful skills, as well as do community service and learn to be good citizens.
While they were away, Boy #2 and #3 stayed with Grandma and I was practically solo – only having one child was like a vacation for me. I enjoyed spending time with the baby and gosh, was it quiet. You don’t realize how noisy your life is until it’s finally quiet. It was peaceful.
About the Author: Renee Martinez consults and speaks professionally on social media marketing, integrated marketing communications, public relations and branding. She is the president of Ruby Marketing Communications (www.rubymarcom.com), a boutique marketing communications company that specializes in providing branding, social media strategy and integration, and creative services. Her blog (www.lisac95.sg-host.com), provides resources on everything marketing and social media for her active audience.
Renee has contributed as a featured monthly columnist in the monthly jewelry industry publication, JCK on matters related to internet marketing as well as in InStore Magazine as a featured blogger where she writes about developing effective marketing strategies for the jewelry industry using social media. She is the founder of: Social Media Biz Summit (www.socialmediabizsummit.com), the first large-scale SM conference to come to Buffalo, NY; #jewelrychat, a weekly twitter chat for the jewelry industry and www.RaisingBoysWorld.com. Renee teaches social marketing courses at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY for the business school as well as offers small group social media marketing training and educational seminars for businesses in Western New York and beyond.
Renee has dabbled in internet marketing arena since the early 90′s and is not ashamed to call herself a “marketing geek”. From chatting in AOL, “sharing” music on Napster, and teaching HTML classes before it was considered “cool” to developing comprehensive social media strategies, effective public relations campaigns and managing online communities (most recently Chevy Girls Buffalo).
She enjoys being able to help people find their voice online and to create buzz about their product or service that will give them the results they desire.
Renee can be found on Twitter (@reneemmartinez) and Facebook (http:/www.facebook.com/RubyMarCom).
