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Parents who want to shield their children from any failure or negative impact on their feelings.

Separate. The second I self reported.

Actually I was grateful they changed it from Camper to Outdoorsman because LDS units like mine don't take Cub Scouts camping (we wait until they are 11 before we get into any program-organized camp outs). Many of my boys before felt odd getting a Camper award for participating in our day-long activities, so Outdoorsman fit the bill better. HOWEVER, "Outdoor Adventurer" is just getting absurd, and it runs into the same silly issue the Scouting Adventure activities encounter - the actual titles are ridiculous to say out-loud! "Hey there, what adventure are your boys working on this mon

But football is still ok, right? What's the stats on how many people have been hurt in the last ten years in these clubs versus how many have been hurt playing football or basketball? Apparently risk is ok if you generate a lot of revenue.

BTW if National asks I still live in Alaska. Here is a recent picture.

Right, because heaven forbid everybody should know what is going on. (That is directed at National, not you.)

Nor did I, nor my sons or any scouts I've met put anything but MBs on our sash -- not even scouts who I've told they could. So, it's probably a regional thing. @Hawkwin. the folks who wrote the Insignia Guide claim to be a very intentional lot. I once brought this up with Mike Walton on https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2014/03/21/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-merit-badge-sashes/ So, his interpretation makes it clear that he thought equipment patches were not under "miscellaneous," but rather the guide was worded that way so that patches that would not be worn on a u

And yet the ones supervised by professionals have significantly more injuries than the student led activities. Yes that is the nature of those activities, and professional supervision mitigates some of the injuries. But the policy is based on potential, not actual. Second, I know of many student led outdoor activities in which the student leaders (adults) have significantly more training in their activity than some professional coaches. Being paid as a professional does not necessarily equate to being a highly qualified leader/instructor. Lastly, some outdoor clubs are affiliated or contract

Found the video where National says there are no changes for all boy dens. 5:40 mark is the slide. screen capture below the link.

The best I could find for a name for the Philmont Bull is Black Bull - but that could also just be a description of the patch. The BSA insignia guide does say which patches are equipment patches (Paul Bunyan, 50-Miler, Historic Trails, Council High Adventure Base patches), which are to be sewn on swimsuits (mile swim, BSA Lifeguard, etc.) and which patches can be worn on uniforms (pretty much everything else - though the did miss saying where the Outdoor Ethics and National Outdoor Award patches can go - something they should correct since they were pretty specific about all the other one

Most of the answers are on the page you linked to. Read the description fro the Nova patch and it states that it is worn as a temporary insignia on the right pocket. The high adventure bases? It says that National HA Base patches can be worn as a temporary insignia on the right pocket and Council HA Base patches are not for uniform wear (so its fine for equipment but not for a sash which is considered part of the uniform. JTE? It states that only one can be worn at a time and only the most recently worn so if your unit earned JTE in 2016 and you're wearing a 2014 JTE patch, than you

According to all the stuff provided to EA packs, the answer "NO." That is why I keep saying BSA has begun a double standard. Id doesn't matter if no males are with the boys, but a female MUST be with the girls. Why i am also concerend about "Linked Troops" meeting and camping together, no female no meeting or camping

Every bottle, whether Gatorade or Nalgene must be properly clean and sanitized in order to be reused.

Once upon a time There was a patch for that https://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Bookbinding

So I had two corners cut off my totenchip when I was a scout. I wasn't traumatized. A little embarrassed, yes. I learned my lesson and pressed forward, somehow managing to become a functioning, productive citizen. What's different in 2018?

No love for the Nalgene? Put stickers on them, clip them to your belt, pretty near indestructible. Also you can get one that glows in the dark

Well, that's sort of where I am going with this, and I do not think the "gender correlation" is anywhere near 100% - or more to the point, is not likely to be anywhere near 100% with the girls who are going to join the Cub Scouts or the Whatever (11-17) Scouts. Boys (and girls) are already pretty different just within their own genders. Some are much more athletic than others (and everything in between.) Same thing with their enthusiasm for different parts of the program. (I have seen boys who actually liked the Eagle-required "homework-badges", and liked camping and hiking and backpacking

How was this on anyone's priority list of "important things to do in order to roll out a girls' program"? This also kind of hurts the argument I and others have made that girls want the same program, unchanged, and then the first thing we get is a changed uniform for girls.