re: Hey Dads of the OT. Any of your kids in Cub/Boy Scouts?

All three of my kids were in Cub Scouts. (2 girls included, so bring on the hate)

It was one meeting a month and a few family campouts per year. I met some great people in Cub Scouts who I'm friends with still today. Same gos for the kids.

The Cub scouts are usually a group from the same school and neighborhood, so you usually know the den leaders, etc. personally.

They're big into background checks and keeping the pedo thing out. Everyone who was around the kids group was required to get the background check.

All three of mine lost interest when it was time to move over to the full scouting.

All four of my boys are in scouts - have been since tiger cubs. The oldest boy has his Eagle Board of Review tomorrow

Cub Scouts is tedious, but once they get to Boy Scouts it’s great - I’ve only gone camping once with the boys and that’s bc I was taking the youngest boy to complete an activity with a troop before crossing over

Summer camp alone is worth it. My older boys also did Sea Base.

ETA: maybe cub scouts was tedious bc my husband was the cub master and I was asst cub master

I always felt like the Cub Scouts were a bunch of nerds. Of course, no offense intended.

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The rite of passage as a dad is to help your son cheat in the pinewood derby.

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MF this. Dads that work at machine shops were the ones to beat.

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pedo thing out.

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I can’t stand the stereotype. Your kid won’t grow up to be a man if you’re too afraid to let him out of your sight for 5 minutes. All the leaders have sons in the troop. It’s not like they let any creeper off the street become a leader. Allow your kids to find out who they are and what they’re capable of. They’ll never be able to learn to live independently if mom and dad are always looking over their shoulder. Every adolescent male craves independence. Scouts gives them a sense of that.

I was Eagle, oldest son was Eagle, youngest, Eagle. I was a Scoutmaster.

We did the Philmont Scout ranch trek together. If there is any way on earth you can swing it, go to Philmont with your son. Our team hiked 64 miles in 5 days (full packs), hiked to the top and camped on top of Old Baldy one night.

I was younger then.

Both sons served as waterfront camp staff for three years at BSA summer camp. Both have mile swim metals.

Tons of memories.

I also know how to make 12 Dutch Oven pots of yellow cake mix Peach Cobbler at one time using campfire coals. And the fear of running out with 8-10 scouts still in line to get their cobbler.

Not going to lie, when I was growing up, the guys in the scouts were considered to be dweebs.

I quit when I was a Star. Was too much to juggle between band and baseball. But if I could go back, I would get my Eagle. I learned a lot of good life skills and made some of the best friends. You’re generally not going to have a bunch of punk kids in Scouts so you don’t have to worry too much about your kid making friends there

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I can’t stand the stereotype.

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exactly my boys are Boy Scouts and altar servers

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This guy would have had a heart attack going on some of the trips we had when my son first joined cub scouts. We drank well. Ate well too. One campout we had a guy bring up a turkey frying set up and another dad made gumbo. We also set up a huge arse projector screen to watch LSU football

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This is the key. It’s only as good as the other kids in the pack and the other dads you’re going to be forced to hang out with.