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  1. These are questions my summer camp has been asking and so far they have not gotten any answers yet. 1. Are 18 to 20 year old scouters allowed to be merit badges councilors anymore? 2. Many merit badge sessions are inside buildings, if a male staff member is the merit badge councilor and there is a female scout in the class, must a 21 year old female scouter be present? 3. If all merit badge councilors were female and over age 21 would this meet the new YPT requirements?
  2. I really want to take, Wilderness First Aid, I plan on taking it this year if possible. As for Wood Badge, two weekends at camp taking wood badge would be fun for me, being around other scouters and learning from them would be fun. It is all the hazing, fighting, belittling and bulling between Wood Badge folks that follows for years to come that I do not want to be a part of. I do not want to ever be a part of any 45 minute beading ceremony that disrupts a camp fire program for the scouts. If I were one of the ones getting the beads I would feel like garbage. Do I want to spend 18 mon
  3. I have seen with my own eyes a group of Wood Badge people telling another Wood Badge person that they needed to take Wood Badge again because they took wood badge before the year 2004 and that old version of Wood Badge is no longer valid. I also have seen a group of Wood Badge people telling another Wood Badge person that they really need to retake Wood Badge, because the first time they took it their tickets were way too easy and should not really count and they should take it again and be serious about it this time and there is a Wood Badge person on staff that will help them write a RE
  4. Most the people I know in our pack that have taken Wood Badge in the last few years changed directions in scouting from helping with the local cub scout and boy scout unit to being much more focused to being a district level scouter. All the tickets that I heard about had something to do with district level activities. I can not think of any positive impacts Wood Badge has had on our troop. One friend that took the course told me that to him, "The course was mostly about leading and managing adults and how to get the most out of adult volunteers, by using motivational tools such as cre
  5. I went on some cub scout hikes with a bunch of scouters on several of the special hike days. There were many scouters that were in the obese range that did the 1 to 2 mile hikes and they had a very hard time, moving slow, breathing heavy, getting light headed, and stopping to rest a lot and this was with no back pack. Currently I am a heavy guy at 199 pounds and 6 foot tall, but also very strong for a 52 year old. However, when I was 239 pounds a few months ago I had tons of energy to move and I was not short of breath, the big problem that I did have was my legs would start to hurt r
  6. I was out looking on the web at bunch of wood badge group pictures and noticed it looked like very few of the people in the photos could do a 5 mile hike. I feel really sad that these folks most likely will be missing out on one of the best parts of scouting, hiking.
  7. The main problem is too many scouters are overweight. In the last few months I dropped 40 pounds of weight, I went from 239 to 199 pounds, I did so just so I can run up the hills with the boys and make back packing a piece of cake. I feel amazing. "Body-mass index (BMI) data collected from applicants for the 2010 National Scout Jamboree show that 41 percent of the youth were overweight or obese; among the adults, a staggering 77.5 percent were overweight, obese, or morbidly obese. But Scouting is determined to raise the bar by encouraging responsibility."
  8. I have taken over dens with no leader. I made sure all the boys had a book. I would bring fun stuff for the boys to do with their hands and have several fun and active games for the boys to play. I would make the meetings fun and relaxed, just a group of dads and moms just having fun with their boys. The boys would spend a lot of the time talking and interacting with one another while we did what ever we were doing. That was key to the boys having fun. I would point out to the parents that we are doing this thing here from the book, on this page. I would always
  9. Wow! I wish my district had your Wood Badge Folks, your beading ceremonies sound very nice.
  10. At the last Camp-o-ree campfire I went to we had all the Wood Badge folks take the stage and sing 5 or so Wood Badge songs that none of the scouts know and most of the Wood Badge folks did not remember too well ether, then they gave out an award to a Wood Badge person, who then gave a 5 minute or so speech, and then gave we all got a 10 minute or so Wood Badge recruitment talk. All the boys and scouters were as quiet as could be and let them have their time. After all that most the Wood Badge folks then returned to their seats, but 15 or so stayed up front and moved just off stage. . . and
  11. In my experience the only people casting Wood Badge in a very bad light are over zealous self focused Wood Badge folks that lack the self awareness of how they appear to people around them when behaving very badly while thinking they are touting Wood Badge. The only people that I have seen actually making fun of Wood Badge folks, have been other Wood Badge folks, around here they have a hazing culture. Wood Badge folks make other Wood Badge folks dance and sing to get back lost items. I do not find such behavior helpful or amusing. I am not happy this hazing culture has also been imported i
  12. What you are facing is normal, this is what almost all new scout troops face. The boys need to be trained, before they can lead. The scout master is the key person that needs to get the SPL trained and up to speed. There are some books that would really help your new scout master with some much needed insight, I suggest: The Scout Masters Handbook The Boy Scout Handbook So Far, So Good! A New Scoutmaster's Story by Clarke Green The Scouting Journey, by Clarke Green The Scoutmaster's Other Handbook, by Mark A. Ray
  13. I do not have any problem with the Wood Badge course, or people taking Wood Badge. Most my scouter friends took Wood Badge and it was just a training course to them and nothing more. I have a problem with over the top Wood Badge recruiting that spoils a scout activity. I have a problem with scout camp fires becoming surprise 45 minute long beading ceremonies. I have a big problem with the way Wood Badge people haze and insult one another, it is very un-scout like. I have a problem with all the critter based sexual innuendo and inside jokes that sound like sexual innuendo th
  14. Why is it you feel a female scouter is needed to mentor her? Do you see this as a female specific problem? This is an honest question. I am really interested in your thinking on the matter.
  15. Something seems to go haywire, too many wood badgers return and take over the role of acting SPL and wants to lead everything, with flip charts and power point being the order of the day. On the bright side they are super energized about scouting and are very proud to have "earned their Eagle" in wood badge.
  16. I have seen several women like this that have ended up going to wood badge and came back even worse. They come back thinking the way the trainers at wood badge function is the way adults in a troop are suppose to function. If you send a great scouter to wood badge, they will come back a even better scouter, I have seen that happen many times. If you send a bad scouter to wood badge, you might create a monster with beads, I have seen that happen as well.
  17. I have been really happy with the SnugPak Basecamp OPS Navigator, it is a 19 degree bag, it weighs 4 pounds, and you can pick one up for $36. If I ever get cold in my sleeping bag I just cover my sleeping bag with my SnugPak Jungle Blanket. The Jungle blanket also keeps me warm sitting around the camp fire on cold nights and when it is in its stuff bag it makes a great pillow.
  18. In my troop the grey beards sit out of the way and let the boys run things and only step in when asked by the boys for help or for safety reasons. The boys run the program.
  19. I would have to agree with you, you are right. Around here it is more of a Mom's club than a good old boys club, the Moms have been doing a great job of running off the good old boys.
  20. Bring the whole family! (Parents are responsible for the supervision of their children) I was told by someone from council that under the new family scouting guidelines parents are welcome to go on any scout outing they wish, because parents are welcome observers at all meetings and outings as they have always been. I was also told parents are welcome to bring any other family member, because we are now welcoming whole families into scouting. I did see many young girls just hanging out at summer camp with their parents this year, so our summer camp is already being run as a family ca
  21. Family scouting is all about the WHOLE FAMILY going on outings and activities together. So that moms and dads can spend more time together with their boys and girls in a scouting setting. -------------- Julie Anderson has been there. Like most parents, she laments not being able to spend enough quality time with her two children, Ian and Samantha. That’s why Anderson is such a fan of Family Scouting, the BSA’s push to welcome all members of the family into our life-changing movement. Do you crave more time with your children and less time bouncing between drop-offs and
  22. A web site called "Make Them Scared" okay. . . Well, I am scared for my son and all young men that have to face this mess. This is not a good thing for the whole human race, men and women.
  23. This is life destroying levels of wrong. . . people making false reports should be punished, if they are allowed to get away with it things are only going to get worse. https://triblive.com/local/regional/14142176-74/lawsuit-accuses-seneca-valley-mean-girls-of-targeting-teen-boy-with-false
  24. My troop and I have never had any problems with girls running around our summer camp, I do not foresee any problems with girls at the camp in the future. All our camp problems have caused by ADULTS. . . . last year we had a young adult male staffer show up in our camp most days at noon, eat our food, play music on his iphone as loud as possible and then play video games on his switch and complain about how life sucks. . . it was not much fun when he showed up. Last year I ended up walking behind a group of young girls at camp talking to one another, one said to the ot
  25. Slavery is still the social norm. Just now a days it is fluffy and has a happy face. When one person, or group of people, lays claim to the labor of another person without real consent or just compensation, often but not necessarily claiming the other person as a piece of property. The government demands that people pay money to it, presumably using an implied threat of violence to ensure that they do. If you earn money through your labors, and if another party unilaterally lays claim to that money without your consent, this implies that said party is laying claim to your labors wit
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