Chadamus

+1 I wish I read sentences like this more often on this forum. Thank you for giving back!

Wow, who knew 'okay then' was a cease and desist warning. Certainly not I. RememberSchiff, moderating tone on the forum is appropriate but the continued attempts to control the direction of the conversation can be a turn-off for potential posters. You don't do this to your Scouts, do you?

CalicoPenn, I believe the article on family camping you are referring to is from Scouting magazine, not Boys Life. Not the most recent issue, but the one prior maybe. My copy isn't accessable at the moment, sorry.

Barry, thank you for sharing that commercial again. I hadn't seen it before. Effective? Yes.

To outrun those young Scout legs you'll need the head-start!

Unfortunate if true. Your source?

Hello, WisconsinMomma. Thank you for all you do for Scouting!

3-year belated congrats from me as well! How has his Scouting adventure been since your original post?

Nah Backpack, you're fine. Re-read what Eagle94-A1 said. 'Did just that' describes what they did. 'Just did that' describes when.

I wonder if the target audience would pick this image apart like we do. Also, @@Col. Flagg welcome back

We meet in a room within a school. No as well.

Scout Life. Appropriate no matter what color your uniform is.

@@blw2, I saw two copies in my local Scout shop for 99¢ each the other day. I bought one and so far am enjoying it immensely. Thank you for the recommendation. If anyone else is having trouble locating a reasonably priced copy, let me know.

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Admirable. Welcome to the forum, SM_Eric.

Awesome. Thank you for sharing, Rick.

There are only two patrols as you suggested, NJ.

Not sure why. I'll have to ask. Other obligations prevented me from attending the meeting. But again, if the boys are fine with it, who are we to question?

Corrected as of this posting.

I love that I can search the form and almost always find a discussion related to what I'm currently pondering. Thus my post in an almost decade-long dormant thread. One boy started this week's meeting as Scribe and after POR elections waked out of the meeting as Scribe and Patrol Leader after. The boys walk into a room, close the door, and eventually emerge and let us adults know who was elected to each POR. We let them decide and live with their decision. Having read through this thread, I find the lack of comments regarding letting the boys make their own decisions is disappointing. It is their Troop after all, not ours.

5thGenTexan, welcome to the forum! Have fun with your Cub!

It's a shame some parents don't teach their children how to be self-sufficient. Sounds like a good candidate for Scouting to me.

Or in Skip's case, girl-led. Thanks for sharing, Skip.

Can parents? Absolutely. Should parents? Perhaps. @@ItsBrian, you state you would prefer your mom to counsel you in the Cycling Merit Badge to make your life easier and to avoid a stranger for requirement 7c. In my neck of the woods, we encourage (enforce is a little too strong of a word) Merit Badge Counselors to counsel Scouts inside and outside the Troop they are registered with. To @@John-in-KC's point of adult association, were your Mom to counsel you, you would loose out on that method. Your posts indicate someone who can articulate his thoughts well and communicate with adults with apparent ease, so a little less adult association via a Cycling Merit Badge isn't the end of the world. Just step out of that comfort zone from time to time. An encourage your Mom to counsel all Scouts interested in Cycling. Now I'm wondering what percentage of Merit Badges have this requirement.