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Like many things, it is the intent. Do we want youth to be uniformed, if possible? If the answer is yes, then we surely either find a way to overpay BSA, or fill in with more cost efficient close proximities. The uniform is NOT required to be a scout, nor is it a reason to NOT advance them. It is their personal actions and efforts to live the concept of Scout Spirit. And that has little to do with clothing. If you look at many parts of World Scouting, the neckerchief is the only fairly universal item.

I am guilty of wearing knock-off pants. They cost less, look better and fit better.

As an added mention: Today, the noted man is a father with two kids. His daughter just earned her Gold Award in GS and is an honor student, soccer player and part-time referee, and has been a national GS representative. His son is now a Boy Scout and has just completed Life, also an honor student, musician, and winner of science fairs.

Frugal folks might consider AMAZON ? A search for "Scout Uniform" yields: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=boy+scout+uniform

I wonder if they've talked to the other countries within WoSM that have been co-ed for years/decades (1988 for Cubs and Scouts in Australia, 1992 for Cubs and Scouts in UK, 1989 for New Zealand, etc) for their input?

3rd Circuit Court of Appeals has taken case/oral arguments off calendar pending SCOTUS decision on Purdue Pharma:

Ah, here is where it gets actionable for us scouters. I agree completely. Advancement can become "scouting materialism", in the sense that you're talking about. If scouts weigh their own worth as a human being based on their advancement, something's not quite right, but we're the right folks to look for that and correct as necessary. If nothing else, if others around us don't see the problem, we can just straight up point out the misunderstanding to the scout. Their essential worth as a human being does not depend on scout rank or advancement at all, and never did. Just being together an

There are incredible pressures on kids today, but I'm not so sure scouting is much of an antidote to that anymore either. There can be just as much pressure to be "the best" and to achieve Eagle, and if kids don't or aren't as interested in the advancement process -- "First Class, First Year" -- they can feel like failures the same as they can in any other arena. It's an adult driven disease that has permeated almost every aspect of childhood -- first, best, most, etc.

Life Scout organizes a dog wash and raises around $1000 for her Eagle Scout Project. https://www.1450wlaf.com/2024/03/18/bsa-troop-435s-dog-wash-a-doggone-success/

LOL, thanks. You see the logic trap, therefore avoid answering the question. I will appeal to Caesar, and hold hope that common sense still reigns. @qwazse, you are once again proven correct! Rule #1 (Don’t ask for a rule, you’ll live to regret it.) Not regretting it yet, but getting there 😜

And that is why it cannot be done with a single Webelos.