introducing myself

' morning all. Thank you for making this place available on the web for everyone. With all its faults, the internet is an amazing resource!

I am a west coast mom, with a boy whose just last spring made the transition from Cub scouts to Boy Scouts. I think he likes Boy Scouts way better than Cub, and he loved Cub too! From day one he's wanted Eagle, so my husband and I are right behind him. Scouting has been one of the best things we've ever found for our boy - he's very bright but struggles in school, and doesn't much care for team sports. Scouting is giving him a chance to balance his life, while learning how to find his way and do guy stuff with a lot of other boys of all ages. We're committed to sending him on all the campouts he wants, because we see that it gives him a little "mini-vacation" from homework and stress once a month...!

In our Troop right now we are unfortunately dealing with some politics amongst the adults that is quite painful, although the boys are pretty much unaffected, so I've put a post in the right section for that. I'd love some opinions. Thanks for reading this! Have a great day.

P.S. Sorry for the dumb screen name , it's the one which Lego gave me when I joined that silly Lego club a few years ago - the rest of my screen names are too close to my real name for me to post about the politics above...

Welcome to the forums! No need at all to apologize about your screen name - some of our best friends are moms!!

A big welcome from Texas!

Fred

Hi mom!

Glad to hear how much scouting means to your son and his parents. I hope his Eagle dreams come true.

Hi Mom from South Carolina! I'm a Scout Mom myself (one Eagle, one Star). Welcome to the Forum.