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[b]If you want something that requires no parental involvement, then Cub Scouts can work just fine[/b]. The program is more robust when the parents are involved but that is not a requirement.

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Is that true?  Because our local cub scout pack said that the kids *HAD* to have a parent or other adult at every meeting, and that all camping was family camping in Cub Scouts - so the kids also *had* to have an adult on each camping trip.  
They definitely made it sound like that was a national safety rule, but maybe it was just peculiar to our area.[/quote]

National policy does require a parent present for all overnight activities (camping), and meetings for K & 1st grade.  Starting in 2nd grade, policy allows for drop-off at meetings, but individual packs or den leaders may ask for more involvement. [/quote]

I believe the rule is parents are required until Webelo year, which is 4th grade. Then a child can come solo and share a tent with another Webelo. But the other Webelo's parent is not allowed in that tent if the parent is staying. So the parent needs to sleep in their own tent. Parents are no longer required at camping once a Cub Scout bridges to a Troop because the older Scouts are expected to tent with another Scout and are not allowed to tent with a parent.  [/quote]

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