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Yes. As a program for the entire family, Cub Scouting can teach your child a wholesome system of values and beliefs while building and strengthening relationships among family members. We provide other mentors to help your child grow but you are also an important part of their development in scouting. Your role decreases as your child gets older.
But your role in the pack can be passive. We don't expect a parent to leap right in, but be warned Cub Scouting might inspire you as it inspires your child and you might eventually get caught up in scouting much like our current leaders . But you are encouraged to go at your own pace.
What is the Mission of Boy Scouts?
What is the Mission of Boy Scouts?
...to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.
What Do Scouts Do?
What Do Scouts Do?
Some of the best things about Cub Scouts is the activities the kids (and sometimes you) get to do: camping, hiking, racing model cars, going on field trips, or doing projects that help our community and the people who live here. Cub Scouting means "doing." All our activities are designed to have the children doing something and by "doing" they learn some very valuable life lessons.
Do the Parents Have a Role?
Do the Parents Have a Role?
Your role as a parent is the secret to a successful Cub Scouting program!
The den and the pack rely on parent participation to run a successful program.
Cub Scouting operates through volunteer leadership. Volunteer leaders are an
example of Scouting’s principle of service to others. By volunteering in Scouting, you are also giving your child and family the gift of your time. What could be more valuable? You will have an opportunity to be a positive influence in their life and in the lives of their friends.
How Old (or young) Can a Child be to Join?
How Old (or young) Can a Child be to Join?
Cub Scouting is for children in Kindergarten through fifth grades, or 5 to 11 years of age. Youth who are older than 11, or who have completed the fifth grade, can no longer join Cub Scouts, but they are eligible to join a Scout Troop.
How do our Scouts Achieve Their Goals?
How do our Scouts Achieve Their Goals?
Activities are used to achieve the aims of Scouting—citizenship training, character development, and personal fitness. Many of the activities happen in the den (with the children in their grade) or with the entire pack (with all the grade levels). Our Scouts always have Go-and-See's and plenty of outdoor and indoor activities to help them achieve goals.
What Supplies and Equipment are Needed?
What Supplies and Equipment are Needed?
At minimum, each child in Cub Scouting will need a uniform and a handbook. Each year, the handbook changes, as does the cap and neckerchief, but other uniform parts remain the same for at least the first three years. When a child enters a Webelos den, they may need to obtain a new uniform if the parents in the den opt for the khaki-and-olive uniform.
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