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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not a big scout mom, but I have a son who is pretty involved in Scouts. There are no cool boys there.  Frankly, it’s a lot of work, a huge time commitment, and is heavily supervised by adults.  None of these things are cool.  
It is very neurodiverse, and I would guess that the troops I have seen have probably 20% of the boys who are somewhere on the spectrum and or have ADD.  I say that to say that they tend to be a pretty accepting group of boys, and I can’t really see them enforcing a lot of socialized racial stereotypes.

Basically, it’s a bunch of gamer, D&D kids who like the outdoors.

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I want to throw in the caveat that by “not athletic” I mean that they aren’t involved in big team sports at school.  There are plenty of boys who participate in triathlons and who are active in cross-country and are extremely athletic.  And you have to be somewhat athletic to do Scouts.  My son is planning a 20-mile hike in May to get an Eagle required badge.  
Regular workouts are also part of ranking up starting from the beginning.

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