the second class conference
Start by expressing your satisfaction at seeing him closing in on First Class. Ask him how he's doing with his patrol, and suggest that now that he's been in the troop several months he should be thinking about taking some patrol job responsibility, such as scribe, quartermaster, or assistant patrol leader. Talk about what he thinks it means to take responsibility.
Remind him you asked him to share the booklet, Youth's Frontier, Making Ethical Decisions with his parents. Discuss how it worked out. Can he give you an example of an ethical decision he has made recently?
What did he learn from his participation in the program on drug, alcohol, and tobacco abuse called for in requirement 8?
When he took the Scout Oath he promised to be "mentally awake." What are some ways in his daily life that he can be mentally awake?
Mention that requirement 9 in Second Class is "Show Scout Spirit." What does he think it means, and how can a Scout show it?
Check through the First Class requirements with him, and urge him to finish them by the end of his first year in Scouting -- or even sooner.