re: Survey finds millennials lack basic survival skills

A lot of cadets at our military academies were scouts. The Scouts teach valuable lessons and skills to children that serve most of them very well in life later on.


I did scouts until 5th grade, until sports started taking up too much time. I had a very good troop with a great leader and a lot of parental involvement from people who knew what they were doing, too. I've also seen some pretty bad scout troops. To be fair, most of the bad ones are that way because they are supported parents who really don't know what they are doing. Their heart is in the right place, but camping in your 1/4 acre backyard and roasting hotdogs over your fire pit that you started with an aim n flame and lighter fluid isn't really teaching the children much.