DoubleD22

I am a Scoutmaster and have been working with scouts for over 30 years. My youngest son who is 12 entered Boy Scouts via Arrow of Light when he was 10 years and 4 months old. Since he skipped 2nd grade and is large for his age he looks older and most of his friends in the troop are at least 1 to 2 years older. He earned his Life rank while still 11. I have done absolutely nothing to encourage him to progress nor have I signed off anything in his book, done any Scoutmaster Conferences, etc. I have worked with him when he asked me to on scout skills. I sat down with him when he earned his

While I have been scouting for a long time I never have had kids with problems like a couple I have now. The troop is less than a year old and we have only 4 scouts out of 35 with any prior scouting experience. We have scouts from Arrow of Light 10-1/2 year olds to one 16 year old who is a 1st Class. Just did a TJLT this August but still have a way to go to get to a boy led troop. Hopefully will have 3-4 in CJLT this fall. The first is a 15 year old who was taken out of public school by his parents in the 5th grade and now has a tutor. They took him out because the school couldn't de

I have a patrol box I designed about 1990. It is lightweight (made of 1/4" and 1/2" plywood), designed to stack tightly with other boxes, carry the patrol cook gear, Dutch oven, 36 cup coffee boiler (for constant supply of hot water), wash basins, bow saw, small shovel, staples like paper towels, aluminum foil, etc. It uses EMT for legs and they store inside the box when not in use. Two legs are used to carry the box for distances with four scouts. I train my scouts to cook on pins rather than a grate using coals from a fire or charcoal if we have too, but a scout cook grate can go in it t