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- From: mike@exucom.com (Michael Bruckheimer)
- Newsgroups: rec.scouting
- Subject: Should Cub Scouts go camping
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.061727.1448@exucom.com>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 06:17:27 GMT
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- Several years ago, the first spring my son was in cubing (9 years old) our
- pack held a pack Lad and Dad at a local Council camp, late May, in our own
- (personal) tents. The boys were 6 or 7 through 10 and our 'brother' troop
- was camped nearby. All the boys loved it and there were no difficulties
- other than a nighttime temperature lower than expected (and my son's air
- matress had a flat. Between that and a light weight bag, he was cold and
- spent much of the night by the campfire). That summer we were assigned a
- new Counci Executive who halted all non council lad and dads or other Cub
- camping on Council property or BSA auspices. There was much dissent at the
- roundtables (I was new to scouting except for over 20 years previous). The
- Exec's response was "boys that young arent ready for camping" and BSA is
- not a democratic institution. policy comes from National and you
- volunteers have no voice in it." We lost several boys to Campfire and
- other programs where camping is encouraged. I still do not know why my 7
- year old daughter (in Brownies) is ready for camping and GSA trains
- brownie leaders similar to (or more than) Cub leaders but boys of that age
- are not? I am a firm supporter of Boy Scouting but not the Lawyers and
- other nervous people in the professional establishment who are fearful of
- a stron program and input from the membership.
- >>>---> Mike
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