Well said, Roger.
It is no wonder that adults are no longer willing to act as leaders for Scouts, Youth Clubs etc. Being hidebound by pettifogging restrictions about what they are "allowed" to do or to teach the kids, mainly to protect the senior leaders of that organisation, is totally restricting the development of children.
Sometime in the future there will be a turnaround and the individual will again become paramount. Then our descendants will look back on the history of our times with as much incredulity as we have today for the tales of child workers in Victorian times.
Colyn.