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from a different perspective, at least some of the general public sees "being a boy scout" as a person who makes ethical decisions.

I'm totally just wandering by to show off my boys' updated merit badge sashes, 11 year old's is on the right, 13 year old's is on the left. My 13 y.o.did his family project for Family life and has his chore log done. It's been months and months but he's getting there. 11 y.o. is/was having difficulty for swimming, getting down to the bottom to pick up an object. He'll get there eventually. Proud mama!

Wow - those are looking great. Looks like your boys are having a great time in Boy Scouts. Nice job on the sewing too!

Why are you "leaving her to her own choice?" You are the parent! Children at this age are not yet old enough to make appropriate choices that will keep them safe and healthy; your job as her mother is to train her in how to make the right choices in the first place, and to help her know what the right choices are. Put her in her jacket and lovingly, but FIRMLY, explain to her WHY she is going to wear it, and that she IS GOING TO WEAR IT. Don't deny her the blessing of having parents who care enough about her to ensure her comfort and safety, whether she is willing to accept it yet or not.

Is this a grab for money? Sure, but there's nothing wrong with that. Bills need to be paid. As an avid hiker and backpacker, this would be an exciting trip, IMO. I may actually do it without my son (Cub Scout). All my PTO is scheduled for this year, but if they do it again next year... I grew up in an area without Boy Scouts, so was never one as a youth. Maybe this will allow me to go and experience it without living vicariously through his adventures and intruding on his experience.

WisconsinMomma, Much to be proud about. I guess I thought the sashes were the other way around, but it's all good. It's tough not to compare, but as long as there're having fun, that's what matters. Each at their own pace. Congratulations to them both, they've earned it. sst3rd

Maybe she is a Disney / Stephen King fan

Hi @ScottishNamoi, I am going to break my advice into two parts 1) to you as Mom and 2) to you as Brownie Assistant Leader 1) First, as a mom: we want to help our kids grow up and take or more and more responsibility for themselves in an age-appropriate way. Choosing one's own outdoor wraps is a great way to work on this for younger children. In general I think that age six is not too young to begin working towards the goal of the child independently and appropriately selecting her outerwear, and living uncomplainingly with the results. In a non-camp setting, for example if you

That is actually my impression in general of the materials that came out with the wholesale revamp around the time of the 100th anniversary. I think they tried to change too much all at once, and had trouble doing it well. A few badges seem coherent and well thought out. Other badges seem really scattered. And the Daisy Petal characters and the Dez spider were bizarre.

There have been times in my family scouting career where we deserted Mrs Turtle that a proposed trip like this would have smoothed the waters. So I can see the utility.

CULTURAL DIFFERENCE ALERT! You mean you don't roll your neckers? Mind. Blown.

Oh that's right, I totally forgot about that! That ABSOLUTELY explains this entire thing; the church had a great program going but as most of the leaders had to pay their own way, it was getting harder for some to cover the costs AND make the time for the training program. So yeah, it's totally reasonable for Philmont to try and find a way to make up the revenue they would have gained from those two weeks. I can't blame them for that!

I found your scenario a bit confusing, possibly because of the difference between the Girl Scouts and the Girl Guides on the two sides of the Atlantic. If I understand right: You live in Scotland. Your daughter, age 6 is a Brownie in Scotland, and you are an assistant in her group. Your daughter camps with the Guides. You are along on these camping trips, and you tuck her into bed at night after the campfire. Here are my questions: 1) If she is age 6, isn't she the age to be a Rainbow, not a Brownie? 2) If she is a Brownie (or a Rainbow) why is she camp

Humor aside - maybe I should have elaborated for those who maybe dont understand the significance.... Traning center weeks 3 and 4 were scheduled for LDS leaders / sessions only. Late last year the church announced that they were discontinuing their annual conference on Scouting at PTC (https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900004968/lds-church-discontinues-its-annual-leadership-conferences-at-philmont-scout-ranch.html). This left the entire PTC empty for those two weeks except for a session of Leadership Challenge being held at Rayado Ridge Leadership Camp.

I couldn't tell you for sure, but historically we're partial to handcarts, so that would be my first guess.

I don't know the actual numbers, but I don't think our Lodge has as many as eight people on our ceremonies team. My suggestion would be to refocus on what is most important and cut back on the rest. If you only have time to practice the ceremony just practice the ceremony, leave trail clearing, etc. either to others or undone. The quality of the trail is irrelevant compared to quality of the ceremony itself.

I'm unclear why this is seen as a bad thing. For folks championing an outdoor program I would think encouraging families to camp and/or hike together, including and maybe especially into the back country, this should seem like a good thing. This is the kind of thing I did with my family growing up and the kind of thing I've done with my family raising my kids. I'm assuming this is being driven at least in part by economics which would seem straightforward. To make all the various program areas, like rock climbing, available at Philmont, you have fixed cost X, if you don't have enough p

GREAT - It's FAMILY EXPERIENCE in the BACK COUNTRY Philmont has jumped the shark Philmont Family Adventure

There are plenty heavy coats that are thin and not bulky. I’m 15, and I personally hate bulky winter coats. I wear a Calvin Klein coat that has worked perfectly all winter for me.

They are there to assist with the crowds of girls that will be flocking to join the BSA

I'm not a big fan of First Class skills instruction. Sometimes it's required, but less is more. Instead inspire your older scouts to think of some fun activities to motivate learning the skills. One year the PLC came up with an interesting skills lesson. It started with the SPL deciding to hike the troop about one mile into our campsite. Along the way the troop ran into a car accident. As the SPL encourage the troop to move in to the accident scene, it was interesting to see how many hesitated. It's hard to rush into the unknown. But when they got close enough, the scouts could see the acciden

Not having much fun right now, ran my hand into a carbide tipped saw blade a while back. Still have all ten fingers but did some damage to the extensor tendon. I'm in PT. now and slooowly getting better. But the scouts want to cut a corner off my totin chip card! Help