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[quote=Anonymous][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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It’s somewhat troop-dependent. My sons are involved in a troop where a lot of the high school boys play sports (baseball, basketball, rugby….). There are also kids who skew towards dorky (one of my sons would describe himself this way). None of the boys talk about Scouts with their non-troop friends, but they all get along and have had some great adventures together. I think if you join a troop that only emphasizes merit badges and advancement, you will chase away a mix like this. The troop my kids belong to is somewhat diverse: Asian/Hispanic/White. [/quote]

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