I feel you on this one jamist, I use to take it personal as well when losing scouts. Like most on here, that have spoken from experience, it isn't the scout's lake of interest the majority of the the time. Its the parents lack of it, some have issues as stated that prevent them from attending, others just don't want to invest the time to the program for their child. I use to get excited with the recruitement of new scouts but as the years pass not as much. We get 15 new kids on recruitment night, maybe 10 will join but by years end lucky if 2-3 stay. Like most who try to compete with sports, I