Siblings & Family Pack

[Pale Horse 158]

We have always allowed siblings to attend and participate in out Pack events.

However, now that girls are allowed to officially register, what is everyone's feelings toward allowing non-registered (but eligible to be registered) sibling participation.  Informal discussion with a few of parents seems to be "daughter is not sure she wants to join, but wants to come to the fun activities".  Seems like a case of having her cake and eating it too.

 

[qwazse 4342]

1 hour ago, Pale Horse said:

We have always allowed siblings to attend and participate in out Pack events.

However, now that girls are allowed to officially register, what is everyone's feelings toward allowing non-registered (but eligible to be registered) sibling participation.  Informal discussion with a few of parents seems to be "daughter is not sure she wants to join, but wants to come to the fun activities".  Seems like a case of having her cake and eating it too.

So, what have you done with male siblings who aren't registered and don't want to be?

[Pale Horse 158]

14 minutes ago, qwazse said:

So, what have you done with male siblings who aren't registered and don't want to be?

We've never had the problem where one brother is registered and the other isn't.  

[scotteg83 89]

In our Pack, if you are of Cub Scout age, you must be registered to participate.  The only "tag-a-longs" that participate for free would be ones too young to register 

[qwazse 4342]

1 hour ago, Pale Horse said:

We've never had the problem where one brother is registered and the other isn't.  

How strange. We always seem to get a set of boys who have opposite interests (typically heavy sports/karate vs. heavy scouts).

53 minutes ago, scotteg83 said:

In our Pack, if you are of Cub Scout age, you must be registered to participate.  The only "tag-a-longs" that participate for free would be ones too young to register 

I don't think our pack ever turned away a brother from the occasional event. But, if he made regular appearances, we'd hand him an application and say, "Why not?"

Our venturing crew considered a $5 surcharge for "guests", which would be used to pay rechartering fees and the youth's registration if they came frequently enough. That thinned the herd quickly.