intresting question...

[ellis4538]

Coming from a Scouting family (my brother made Eagle, I only made Life)I can say that, in my case my family life played a big role in my Scouting life!  That being said, if every boys' family was better we might not need Scouting.  Maybe...

JMHOFWIW


Richard

[MikeBjerum]

Coming from a Scouting family (my brother made Eagle, I only made Life)I can say that, in my case my family life played a big role in my Scouting life!  That being said, if every boys' family was better we might not need Scouting.  Maybe...

JMHOFWIW


Richard

This is a key point. 

It isn't any one specific thing, and it isn't any specific group.  It is about how each part interacts with the other that makes the end product. 

I could make this a fourteen paragraph paper, but being Monday morning I can already tell I'm not going to get my work done today ... MORE  COFFEE  NOW !!!

[Jrlobo]

I made it all the way to 2nd Class; my son dropped out immediately after bridging from Cubs. Scouting is about the individual in a group context. The individual scout determines his goals, not some mandatory requirement set for him by society. And so it should be in life in this land of the free. It is the individual that matters, not some socialistic view of the ideal and collectivism. Tom, be a cynic because sometimes cynics are right and you are this time in my opinion.