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[quote=Anonymous]I would also encourage scouting.  My husband was not a scout and our oldest son (now out of college) stopped after cub scouts.  My two youngest though hooked up with a small troop run through our church and they have enjoyed it.  I would say you should look for a troop that has several kids right around your son's age so that he will have some buddies coming through.  My almost 17 year old did not really have friends his age in the troop, but he stuck with it and will make Eagle this Fall.  My 13 year old has 3 good friends now that he made through the troop (all of the kids in the troop go to different schools from our kids as our church is in a different school district), and he really is having more fun with it than his brother did.

For just about everyone camping with strangers is not going to be a good time.  Once your son gets to know a couple of kids then it will not be a problem.

I will say that scouting is a good organization for kids without specific social groups.  In our experience the kids are very accepting.  My own kids are pretty social, but they have learned quite a bit from having fellow scouts who have a handicap or issue.  Neither my husband nor I were very pro-scouts when we started out, but there is no getting around the fact that our kids' participation has been good for them in several ways.  Most importantly in developing leadership skills.  Yes they learned some camping, first aid and other traditional boy scout skills, but the leadership stuff - which starts right away -- has been a real positive.  Quite often a teacher or coach will mention that they like how X handles himself.  Case in point -- our youngest just was named a team captain of his middle school football team, and he is clearly not one of the better players.  Some of that is due to scouting.      [/quote]

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