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Do you understand the meaning of inalienable?

my son has his current career goals and we mapped out what merit badges would help him get to that goal. Challege think of a career and see if we cant find the merit badges that will help the boy get that career

I have written and canceled a responce to this 3 times..... Uniform is part of the deal. Your boy wants to be part of scouts thats part of it you take the good and the bad. This is discipline. A pack / den that does not wear class A for pack and den meetings in not prepareing the Cub for Boy Scouts

I'm just going back and reading, or re-reading this thread. You brought up several varied points in your post, but some really make me think.... I would so much rather see a boy leaning against a tree reading, than playing with technology..... but what I see more of is a boy or boys huddled up in a tent with a video game, with other cubs that didn't bring their games or tablet computers huddled around watching and wanting a turn. Our CM's sons are the ones with all of the latest gadgets, and it's usually around their tent where you find this huddle. On a campout, I view this tech as a sort of cancer. On a camp out last year, I had my son leave his tech at home. Unfortunately, other boys had theirs. I asked my son to go climb a tree or something, but it's hard when he wants to be right in the huddle! I wish I could drive a removal of that cancer from our pack, but as mentioned, our CM, as well as other leaders, are the tech crowd and I think view the tech as a way of getting the boys out of their hair so they can burry themselves in their own smartphones. Your point about TV on the home front is interesting. I was raised without much limit on TV. I have always contented that a kid can learn from TV, even stupid fiction. I feel that I was able to put myself in the situations of the story line and learn from it...... Situations that I may not otherwise find myself in..... shows like Andy Griffith, Brady Bunch, Munsters, Beaver, Lucy, etc.... usually had some sort of moral or social lesson I think even the newer ones that my kids watch now that aren't nearly as "wholesome", can be educational to a degree. Still, I do agree with your point that generally speaking kids with stricter limits tend to be more polite and socially well adjusted. My wife and I limit our kids with TV & tech, but MAYBE not nearly enough.... I'll have to give this some thought for sure. Our troop encourages facebook and socail media except when camping and during meetings. Otherwise facebook is mandatory for troop communication. Boys need to be fluent in technology to integrate into college and the workforce. Its a tool ust like a pocket knife a rifle or a 2M radio. and the kids ned to have the skills to use that tool effectively.

Really OP Armed with a cub scout knife? are T-ball players armed with clubs? If you dont think its ok for you son to have a knife dont let him. it's really that simple. My son was allowed to have a knife on the belt while in class A or while camping. Other then that it was put away.

lock backed knives are allowed.

This is why scouting is such a great program. As the boys grow an they start to choose their path the merit badge system allows and encourages these different paths. You want to be a lawyer? eagle requirement in particular Citizenships, Communication, Law, Scholarship, Crime Prevention, American Business, Entrepreneurship, American Labor, Public Speaking. You Want to be a Act? : Eagle requirements,Communication, Art, theater, Bugle, music, cinematography You want to work for an F1 team? eagle Citizenship of the world, Communication,Automotive maintencance, Computers, chemestry, engineering, inventing . I dant think of an occupation that cannont have a meritbadge system behind it to ensure that the boys succeed in their path.

My sons responce to a baseball player who said scouting is for wimps this weekend: "Let see you had your parents drive you to a game and then you went out to eat later right? I rode my bike 8 miles to a gun range set up camp shot 200 rounds of .22 rifle and made my own dinner"

I am in the N/E us knives are not much of a issue here. even in Massachusetts. once you are out of the airport there will be no issues. Too many trades rely on the leatherman to be an issue at all and you will find them a common sight while you are here. fixed blades at a mall will be an issue at a mall but not at a campsite. I have worked extensively in Vienan and you will find that the social norms of walking in Amsterdam or Utrecht are far more strict than Boston.

OK My first post.... this is not all doom and gloom. 2000 to 2009, the latest year for which figures are available, the number of kids aged 7 to 17 playing baseball fell 24%, according to the National Sporting Goods Association, an industry trade group. Despite growing concerns about the long-term effects of concussions, participation in youth tackle football has soared 21% over the same time span, while ice hockey jumped 38%. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703712504576232753156582750.html I think shows like are you tougher than a boy scout will assist. but at the end of the day I would rather have 10000 boys who truly want adventure and the challenge of nature rather then 1000000 boys who want to just pass the time.

Hi, Well my son has been in scouting since Tiger and he just crossed over in March and in now a Tenderfoot. We are a very active high adventure troop. I am looking forward to learing from all of you.