DenLeaderDad

Didn't get your private message Laurie. It surprises me that I can't find the info I'm looking for online. Thanks for your help.

All the kids in my Den, (with the exception of 1, mine) can't use their pockets because they have been sewn shut. I guess that was easier than trying to get the fingers into those small Cub pockets.

Laurie I don't have any portion of the Adult Leader Application at all. Should I? My son and I signed up earlier in the summer and avoided the "Roundup rush", as I call it. That was a crazy night. Is it always that crazy at Roundups? Kids everywhere, Leaders trying to convince parents to volunteer, etc. I've been told that our Pack has an excellent resource in that one gentleman (who has been involved in Scouting in our particular area for a long time) does most of the Adult recruiting. I've even heard some of the Leaders that he has recruited compare his method as if they were standing a

I didn't mean to start a Holy War! I'd like to thank all those who responded to my message for help in understanding what "Duty To God" is. In reading your responses it has made me realize that maybe I didn't quite express myself clearly. I DO belive that there is a "higher power" greater than myself (I know, sounds like an AA meeting). Do I call that "higher power" God. ??? That is the queston that I've struggled with for the last 15 years. Sometimes I feel like the child that wakes up one morning only to realize that their "belief" in Chris Cringle or the Tooth Fairy is not real, the su

HELP! My Wolf Scout is begging me to help him complete Achievement 11, "Duty To God". My problem is that I just don't know what that means? As a child and a teen I always went to church with my family and had become quite involved with church activities. Then I met the Pastor's daughter, married her and eventually divorced. Throughout that whole process (the divorce part), there was so much ugliness at our church that my family ended up changing churches and I just ended up leaving church altogether. That's the past. Now the present. I did meet and eventually marry my current wife with wh

I may be a little unclear on this, but isn't the Academic and Sports Belt Loops and Pin Program supposed to be an extra-curricular activity? I am new to Scouting (started in June with my Wolf Son) and I thought that the main emphasis was completing the Achievements in the Scout's handbook. I understand that as the Scout is working on the Achievements they can also be working on Belt Loops, Pins, Electives, etc. However, if the Scout has done all the Belt Loops and Pins that the parent says they have, have they done any of the Rank Achievements? In my own situation, my son is two thirds of the

Just my thoughts on Den Flag ideas. We took a gold piece of cloth (same size as official den flag) and using fabric paint had the boys put their handprints on it. Underneath their hand print they wrote their name with a fabric pen. We had the whole cloth covered with the Cubs handprints. Next, I took the gold cloth and sewed it to the back side of the official den flag. After I was finished sewing it all together and was showing it to my wife and she responded with, "What happens if a boy leaves the den or a new boy joins?" I guess I didn't think that one through enough. However, our flag loo