Goodoldowl

ANd now the Cub Scout award requires viewing/completing TWO repetitive activities on two different websites).

Others have posted the following response, but it's worth repeating: the advancement requirements are found in the Guide to Advancement, and den leaders can't add to those requirements. If that den leader can't point out chapter and verse where they get the authority to add restrictions on badge earning, they're wrong. How you tell them that is up to you. As Cubmaster, I get real tired of scouters and adults who don't think Scouting, as written and prescribed by the BSA, is "scouting" enough so they want to make up rules to make it "tough." Honestly, lots of cub scouting appeals to the Molly Mommycoddle type moms who like "craft scouting," and the program is flexible enough to allow more of that if the leaders decide that's what they want to do (some of us don't want that, but we make due; most of life is doing what we don't want to do now so we can do what we want later). In the end, the BSA says what cub scouting is, so that's what it is. If that's not "tough" enough for some families, I encourage them to start their own youth service organization.