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My son is 10 & in a Weblos 1 den. He's basicly 1 year behind due to him starting school late because of his birthday. I don't understand how a 10 year old can be just a Bear. When they should be either a weblos 1 or weblos 2. Anyhow a cub scout summer camp is a nice way to earn a few weblos badges. My son earned naturalist, outdoorsman, forester & traveler along with numerous belt loops & pins. He didn't earn traveler @ the camp but if you work with your son on the route & travel plans to & from the camp. They will earn traveler also.

Scoutnut, There is no need to tell me your scouting resume. I wasn't pointing at you with the 1/2 decent remark. I was speaking figuratively only.

From what I understood of the org post. That this project was started before becoming a Cub Scout but completed while being a cub scout. Like I said if all he gets is a .90 cent segment so be it. Any 1/2 decent den leader should gladly dish out 90 cents out of their pocket to acknowlege such a good deed.

Goose, I'm also a Tiger den leader. According to BSA guidelines & my training. It is mandatory that all tigers have an adult partner. It doesn't have to be the parent. But the adult partner must participate. It is your job as the Tiger leader to tell the parents these are the projects we're going to do today. Give the parents the supplies needed along with instructions & let them go with it. You are there to help the parents run the Tiger program. As for the Family portion of the requirements. Stress to the parents that the work is to be done @ home with the family. If these achei

I don't know Bob or anyone else out here. My intentions were mearly to clarify the subject.Not to try & make Bob or anyone else look bad. What I posted is what I was told by our counsels field secretary. And she's the one who handles all our tour permits. So I'm trusting that this woman knows what she's doing. Well she knows more than I do so I'm not about to argue with her. I have my wife to argue with. Along with a very difficult committee member in our pack. I don't need any more women to argue with.

Your purpose in recruiting this person was to help you help these kids. If they're now doing it from a higher position than you intended is that really a bad thing? After all this is about those kids getting a good program correct? You can pat yourself on the back knowing you brang a good quality person to your counsel. That's what scouting is supposed to be about anyhow. Do a good deed daily!

I think you need to elaborate a bit more. What is the problem with the SM inviting people to camp? Do you see a Youth protection issue here? Are these people of low moral character? Are they assisting the SM in anyway?

At the bare minimum. You can always get him a segment for his brag vest. There's a nice helping hands or a good deed segment. Stop @ your local counsel shop to view the different segments and/or patches. Talk to your event coordinator also about logging in the hours for Good Turn for America.

Bob, I was informed different by my counsel when I inquired about the proper way of filling out a tour permit. They instructed me that even though the scout is being transported in their own vehicle by their parents. The BSA insurance won't kick in if the counsel doesn't have their insurance info on the tour permit. The tour permit is not related to the BSA accident insurance in any way. If there were to be an injury to a BSA member while traveling to a Scouting activity or event the BSA insureance would not come into play until after the insurance of all other parties who wer

I'm pretty sure the CC can't tell Den Leaders how to run their dens. If the people sitting in the current committee positions are properly trained. The CC shouldn't have to hold anyones hand to make sure the job gets done properly. So the question is. Has everyone completed their proper training? If not then the CC hasn't exactly done their job right either. It's amazing that so many people that join scouting can't realize that many people have done this long before them. Yet they come in trying to reinvent the wheel. Just follow the program & there shouldn't be any major problems.

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Let's sum this all up real fast & real easy. This forum has a very useful option. It's called the ignore user function. It's not a complex tool to use.It's actually quite simple to use.If used properly.There shouldn't be anyone leaving the forum because they don't like what someone else says.

Doc, I can't say I know your current situation or why you're choosing to not communicate with persons on this forum. But let me clue you in a one little fact. I've been on this net for about 13 years now. Have done many forum postings & too many chat rooms. This forum is mild in comparison to the majority of forums on the net.Hit some of the religous chat rooms on yahoo.See what those people go through everyday from the many atheist there only to torment them. Check out the numerous fishing & hunting forums out here. Watch how these so called sportsman battle each other in a war of

Hopefully someone can answer this question. I know the BSA policy on religion. But what I don't know is how does a child that has no particular religous preference earn the faith emblem? What I mean is that there are parents that teach their children about Jesus & GOD. But choose not to participate in any particular church.In other words they're non denominational. BSA policy is that one must believe in a higher power. Not belong to a church.So how does a non denominational child go about earning the faith emblem under the Weblos requirements?

Unit committee meetings are not public meetings and parents are not automatically invited nor must they be allowed to attend. Thank you for the clarification Bob. I was informed that committee meetings were indeed open to parents. I know from this pack that they never send out emails to the parents informing them when the meetings are.Even though they say parents are welcome.I'm guessing then that the decision to open the meetings to parents is on the individual committees choice.

I introduced the denner cord to one of our dens.For the first time I asked the kids to give me 2 names of scouts in their den. Once they did I told them why I wanted the 2 names & had them elect the first denner. since then we assign the denner cord to a different scout. The time frame a scout is a denner depends on how many scouts you have in the den. But according to BSA you should let every scout have a turn as so non feel left out. I believe that is in the cub scout leader book(something no leader should be without).

Hello i'm Debby from Illinois. My son is a scout and I am a busy mom who is still learning the ropes and trying to figure all this out so that i can get behind him with support and encouragement now that scouting is getting more serious. Debbie first let me welcome you to the board. second, let me send you my condolences for living in the socialist republic of Illinois Third & most importantly. I highly recommend you do a few things to help your scout. I tell all of my scouts parents that they should go do the free online youth protection training. This lets the parents know e

If the troop leader can't get past their ego for a child that has nothing to do with her conflict. Then I'd pull my daughter from that troop as fast as I can. If she's capable of this spitefullness on a child that hasn't done nothing to her. Imagine her reaction towards a child that can be troublesome? No this is a person that has no business being in any child program.

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Always remember that a good deed is it's own reward. Trying to put this person into the light might & often have the opposite effect that you intended. It really is an insult to people when you try to repay them for a good deed. I know it truly irks me when it happens to me.

Manyhats, I myself have that same attitude towards things. And I can honestly tell you that all you need to give that person is a thank you. The sense that his generosity is appreciated will be more than enough of a reward to this person.

Please pardon me playing devils advocate. But what if the married couple are of the same sex? I know the BSA policy when it comes to scouts & leaders. But what about parents that are in a same sex relationship & have their adopted child in scouts? Before anyone goes off the deep end. This is only a hypothetical question. Stranger things have happened.

Sorry for the misinformation. The den meetings aren't at the same time. We have our Tiger den meetings then follows the Weblos I meeting which is the den I'm an assistant den leader in. So the meetings are seperated. Sorry for the multiple same postings. I kept getting an error code & didn't know they were posting anyhow. DUH!!! Hopefully a moderator will find them & delete them.

Hello all, Last night was den meetings nights. With my tiger den we did sun prints & leaf rubbings. Most importantly we finished the bobcat requirements. The kids had a wonderful time with the leaf rubbings. Don't know how something so simple can be so rewarding to them. I think some of the parents liked it even more than the kids did. With our Weblos 1 den we finished artist badge requirements & started on fitness. We had to get these kids motivated for the fitness. They were doing these lazy half hearted push ups. My daughter was @ the meeting being very quite. She just so happens

Hello all, Last night was den meetings nights. With my tiger den we did sun prints & leaf rubbings. Most importantly we finished the bobcat requirements. The kids had a wonderful time with the leaf rubbings. Don't know how something so simple can be so rewarding to them. I think some of the parents liked it even more than the kids did. With our Weblos 1 den we finished artist badge requirements & started on fitness. We had to get these kids motivated for the fitness. They were doing these lazy half hearted push ups. My daughter was @ the meeting being very quite. She just so happens