Thread: Any former Boy Scouts or Cub Scouts here?

Originally Posted by WireBeard

A well taken point! I was a scout and left the organization becasue of the behavior of some of the Eagle scouts (drinking, destroying Troop property) and becasue the Scoutmaster was hitting on my Mom (who was married!!!). Just because someone wears that uniform (or any uniform for that matter....given recent history) does not automatically make them trustworthy. Parents must be involved and get to know all the leaders and parents. There are many parents who just dropped the kids off and that was the extent of their involvement - yet another baby-sitting service for parents too self absorbed to be with their kids.

These are absolutely unnecessary comments as anything a person gets involved in there are likely to be predators! Please refrain from these comments as they are inappropriate to this thread! I wanted to know who was involved in scouts as I have already heard the smears against them!
Start your own thread on the evils of scouting if you wish, but don't muck up my thread with such nonsense!

Originally Posted by JMS

These are absolutely unnecessary comments as anything a person gets involved in there are likely to be predators! Please refrain from these comments as they are inappropriate to this thread! I wanted to know who was involved in scouts as I have already heard the smears against them!
Start your own thread on the evils of scouting if you wish, but don't muck up my thread with such nonsense!

Wow....unbelievable. An amazing comment "smears against them"...I did not see anything attacking Scouting in either my or icedog's posts...all I saw was a statement of his experience, supported by documented facts and my experience - both positive and negative.

Referring to my comments as nonsense? Nice.

"Start your own thread on the evils of scouting"???? I believe I also listed many positive aspects of Scouting.

Please feel free to disregard my postings and best wishes to you.

Guys, keep it cool here.
No bickering.

Cub/Boy Scouts is a wonderful program, and probably all together among the best things I've ever done, but you definitely need to recognize that an individual scout's or parent's experience depends entirely on their fellow scouts and the adult leaders at the local level.

I was lucky enough to have a number of friends who at least started out with me, as well as my older brother, and my dad got sucked in and was very active (I think he's considering becoming a "lifer" sometime in the next few years). The adult leaders were generally quite good and supportive, and I ended up going all the way from wolf cub to Eagle scout, with all sorts of leadership experience and fun trips along the way.

In short, scouting is fantastic, but as a parent you need to be involved and aware of who's watching your son. If you get really involved it's an especially good father/son bonding experience, and is a ton of fun.

Originally Posted by Abraxel

Cub/Boy Scouts is a wonderful program, and probably all together among the best things I've ever done, but you definitely need to recognize that an individual scout's or parent's experience depends entirely on their fellow scouts and the adult leaders at the local level.

My point exactly. One of the best experiences is the Jamborees...you can meet Scouts form all over and make great friends. If you are fortunate enough to be able to attend a World Jamboree, it will probably be one of the best experiences in your life....Scouts from around the world...a great time!

was a cub here in Canada, for two years, and at 12 i stopped and went to the Air Cadets instead of keeping with the scouts (planes and helicopters+ the survival, citizenship and leaderhip skills)

Tiger Cubs through Eagle!