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The bolded is the opposite of scouts.  Scouts are trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.  The badges and rank advancements teach life skills, leadership skills and character.  There is quite a bit of parental involvement.

There are more liberal/secular troops and there are religious troops. [/quote]
Scout groups are made up of tween/teen boys, who can be jerks.  A dad overheard some boys using the word "gay" to describe something that was not good, as in "that's so gay".  The good thing was though that the scout master took them to task over it.

If OP is not a troll, then I would tell OP that a real Scout is the opposite of a dork - they learn to build a fire; how to handle a knife, camp, hike, swim, do adventurous things.  My son is a bit of a geek, and I am so glad he does the Scouts because it's toughened him up a bit. When they go camping, the boys do all the work - setup camp, take down, cook (for themselves), etc...  (all with supervision, of course).  The adults do not much except take care of themselves.  Adults are just there to make sure boys are safe and for transportation.   The boys are supposed to lead the group, so it's also helping them develop leadership skills.

Camping - no, you don't have to go camping. But, it depends on your troop. There is a ratio of boys to adults, so if your troop doesn't have enough volunteers, and you don't step up, then no camping trip.

If your son wants to do it, I think you should let him.   Some troops are mostly secular. We have a lot of Jewish boys in our troop, so it's not a "Christian" group.[/quote]

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