Airmaiden

I have been a Cub leader for going on 3 years. I love every minute of it. I am learning right along side of the boys. They don't feel intimidated by having someone who knows it all. I have great help from my parents. Some of my cubs have only mothers. I have had great comments from them because they were sort of shy about having to be around a male leader. My assistant den leader is a male. I feel like the boys get the best from both of us. In our pack there is not one male Den leader. We do have some male assistant den leaders. It seems the males like to help assist instead of lead. All of us female leaders talk and share ideas and forms and projects from year to year. I think having a female den leader makes the boys learn respect for women. My cubs treat me with the greatest respect as I do them. I don't think it bothers the boys to have a female leader. Besides they will be surrounded by females all their life. From birth they get a Mom. Then a Grandmother and Aunts and so forth. Most of the teachers are female. As they grow into young men they will choose themleves a mate for life. As a role model for these boys to see the respect I have for my husband and my role as a wife and mother they will hopefully remember and look for those values in a life long spouse. Cub Scout Mom and Den Leader

I like some of you were ashamed to ask someone to buy the popcorn. In these days where money is tight you just hate to ask people to spend a minimum of seven dollars for a little bit of popcorn. Most people are saving up their money to buy girl scout cookies, where for $7 you can get 2 boxes. As bad as we are in the hole in our district, maybe they need to adjust some of their fund raising rules or at least get a product that everyone looks forward to buying every year at a reasonable price. I had many parents with the same feelings the last 2 years. I have give to FOS for the last 2 years in place of buying the popcorn. I have also seen the kids who's families are well off or are able to sell at there work really have a greater advantage over other scouts. This again has the parents selling when it should be the scouts.