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great ideas man, love em. My Den doesn't have a flag yet, definitely going to use some of these ideas!

every night. For my oldest, I just started The Hobbit with them. for my little one, we do Golden Books, and other age appropriate story time books.

I still use Akela in my Den meetings, since it clearly references him as a sign off and it would be a shame if Cubs did away with it completely. As a side note, none of that stopped The Jungle Book from being a top grossing film of 2015, 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and have a very diverse cast of actors and actresses. We also, for what it's worth, we very much use "Kim's Game" as an essential observational teaching tool, which is from Kipling's Kim.

I think that would have been best, retiring Webelos, making Lions the highest rank before AoL, and giving Bobcat to the 5 year olds. Or, doing away with Tigers and replacing it with Panthers/Leopards. The idea that Akela and Baloo are helping you on this journey, and then Shere Khan is included in the mix when he was the chief villain also really never sat well with me.

Curious if anyone has any historical information on this... I've always wondered why the first rank was Bobcat instead of Leopard. You'd think with how heavily influenced the Cub Scouts were with Kipling's Jungle Book and Akela and Baloo playing prominent roles... the first rank would be from Bagheera. If anyone knows, thanks in advance!

I don't, but I recently got back into patch collecting. Is there any unwritten rules about OA flap trading restricted to arrowmen? I'm mostly picking up CSPs for now, but I'd be into collecting OA flap patches too.

Unless I hear otherwise, I'm going to run things that way and play it by ear. The whole point being, as long as the kids are having fun, having more requirements that facilitate them exploring and learning isn't a punishment. If we looked at doing requirements as punishment, why are we even an organization? If I see things getting bogged down, I'll trim fat and keep things moving so the boys are engaged and having a good time.

cool! thanks for the answer, much appreciated!

right, that's why I was saying that in a truly "flexible" program, the Den Leader can still have the boys do all the requirements. It says "at least", it doesn't say "do 1, 2 and one more of the other ones". The benefit now would be that should you run into big obstacles that would impede your den, you can effectively pair the adventure down it's most basic minimums to ensure the program is moving forward and you're not holding things up to the point where it will have down stream ill effects. Conversely, if the kids are moving along well, you can challenge them and open them up to more of

How is this giving Den Leaders flexibility? Seems like it's giving the kids flexibility, and making a nightmare for the Den Leaders. Or is the DL choosing which "optional" requirement the Den should be doing? If it's the latter, than the way I'm reading it (at least for Tigers, I haven't read the other ranks/ages), is that a requirement now says "Complete Requirements 1 and 2 plus at least two others" meaning, as DL, I can, based on my assessment of the boys, our available time, where we are in the program vs year, etc, have them do all the requirements.... OR... Should we be running

that's a great idea, I'll definitely snag a couple bags of balloons and throw them in my backpack. I'm trying to envision the paperbag race... the balloon is inside the bag? what is the string doing? It certainly sounds fun if it's anything at all like what I'm picturing.

Our pack uses it, but what I find at least for the tigers, is the excitement they get when I sign off in their handbook. It's a physical representation of their accomplishment they can see. I hope the BSA doesn't go fully away from paper books. So I'll sign off on their requirements in the book and then do double booking on the site. If it keeps the boys excited and engaged, its worth the extra book keeping, imo.

any word on a resolution? thanks!

Thanks dilrod, I ran with magic shrinking circle, the kids got just enough of a kick out of it that it was a success. Was thinking of sweep the floor or kangaroo tails for next meeting.

Hi all, So Im the new Tiger Dean Leader and I'm looking for some ideas on different games you've run that were successful. These guys have max energy and half of them get bored pretty easily. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I'm looking to do something team oriented for next meeting since they're working on Team Tiger

Looking in my son's Tiger handbook, back cover, the insignia position guide is still there. Maybe they stopped doing it in the BSA Handbook, which would be a real shame. Well, the best I can do is lead by example, and offer guidance to my den. Let them be the model the other dens aspire to.

thanks!

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I don't disagree at all. I would much rather see uniforms get reused by boys who can't afford them and I prefer stitching myself. My initial point was, between Badge Magic, thousands of youtube tutorials on how to stitch patches, and professional seamstresses... there is zero reason for the Den Chief position badge to be under the flag, the Pack numbers halfway down the sleeve, or Bobcat, Wolf and Bear rank all safety pinned along the edge of the pocket flap. Patch placement is pretty clear as to where and how they are placed. It's been that way for years and when we're supposed to be tryi

since this is about the uniform, we had a pack night this week and I was seeing boys (A LOT of them) with their rank (bobcat, wolf, bear, even some webelos) with the rank badges still safety pined to their pocket. How can we say the Cub scout motto is "Do your best" and then not seek to have them at least place the insignia in the proper place? They make Badge Magic now, you don't even have to stitch them on (tho thats my preferred method)... it was sad. I will be pushing my Den to place their insignia on in the proper place and stress the motto when I do. These are capable boys with v

I got my son a full uniform as well, and I got myself a full uniform as their Den Leader. Wearing half a uniform, even it's its considered "official" just feels wrong to me.

that's my point, in the training videos (which I just finished a week ago), it shows Cub Scout boys wearing jeans, while it's telling you jeans are not uniform and the uniform should be worn complete. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Is it me, or does anyone else find it odd that the training for cubs states that the uniform should be worn in its entirety or not worn at all. Then it shows cubs wearing jeans, khaki shorts, etc.

Well, my return to scouting has been put on temporary hold. I'm a daddy of twins! A boy and a girl So I have a Cub and a Daisy in the making.

"Parents today have, themselves, grown up in the be-entertained era and know what tricks to use to keep their kids from being bored. All the way from plopping them down in front of the TV to handing them a few bucks and send them off to the mall to hang out with their friends. They probably don't know any more about dealing with boredom than their kids do" You all make some very very valid points, and I agree with a lot of what you're all saying. Food for thought though... as a 32 year old man who falls into the "parents today" demo, while it's true from a lot of what I've seen from my pe