Our biggest age to lose Scouts is during Middle school years. It ain't cool, sports are really kicking off, teasing kicks in about scouts, fights get started. Then to high school-- freshman year- it starts to get easier about being a scout then easier as the years go. Partly due to the teachers that hear and know about the eagle rank. But some youth still don't want it broadcast-ed that he's a scout. Others are proud and don't care if its known. Some of the kids that did the teasing in middle school now would say- scouts eh? okay for you, that's your thing.