Have you ever been a Cub Scout Den leader?

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Seems my young scout is only one of two in his den currently so we are going to be co-leaders. Not my first choice. Any advice? 😬 I was a brownie for about five minutes in 2nd grade. And I attended some of the family stuff with my older scout.

NamerOfStars · Accepted Answer

No, but I was a scout for a couple of years. I think the big thing, depending on how much you remember of your brownie days, is to try to restrain your envy. Even observing as a near-toddler, I remember looking back on when mom would bring me to my sister's Girl Scout meetings and noting that Cubs got to do WAY cooler stuff, which struck me as unfair. Their cookies DID beat our popcorn, though. Gotta give 'em that.

Also, depending on the ages involved, you WILL at some point have to confront the sad realities of the Pinewood Derby:

Have you ever been a Cub Scout Den leader?

MTC29 · Accepted Answer

I was in the Scouts, which meant that my mother was a den mother. As @trueconfection said, make sure that you snacks are top quality. That's all that Cub Scouts care about.

CrazyGirl2 · Accepted Answer

Nope! I’ve never even been a Girl Scout. DGMW, I think the GSA is fantastic! They give girls an excellent foundation for future life, and helps girls build self esteem. One only need look at the list of female CEOs, astronauts, engineers, and leaders in all fields who were themselves Girl Scouts, which is legion, to see the good GSA, and scouting in general, does for girls and young women!

TrueConfection · Accepted Answer

Bring snacks. Bring a plan that involves more breaks than structure. Bring more snacks.

DaveToo · Answer

I went through the ranks to Eagle Scout, in my youth. My oldest went through the ranks in Girls Scouts to Golden and my youngest was Silver. When they were young I was a Girl Scout leader for Juniors and Seniors. When I started out I had 5 Juniors. 5 years later I had two co-leaders and 50 girls. What was my theory? What made our troop successful? I gave the girls the option of following or leading. They were able to make decisions of where they wanted to go, what they wanted to do, and I would help them make it happen. Every decision was theirs. It gave them the confidence they weren't getting from other venues.

exitseven · Answer

No, but both my sons were in Cub Scouts. I used to help out my son's scout leader anytime he needed some help.
My oldest had a good experience with scouting. The scout leader did lots of activities and every year we did the Klondike which was fun. He stayed in it through Webelos. He was pumped to be an Eagle Scout but he left the scouts during the first year. None of his friends went into it.
My youngest did not have a good experience. His scout leader was a woman who used to just get the kids to play in her backyard while she yakked on the phone. I think he only went a year or two.
I guess the big event is the Pinewood Derby.

InventorofWarp · Answer

This might be because I'm high rn. Like VERY high. But I read this and just read a bunch of "Scouts" everywhere and you lost me by like the second or third one.
Do you have to be American to get this or is this something I should also be knowing?

Red_Arrow · Answer

Gosh that was long ago. I was an assistant cub scout leader. Everything has changed now. All the projects are more advanced in technology. And from what I am reading, girls are also welcome in the cub scouts. Girls have been in the boy scouts for many years. My nephew was in a group that had a boat and went on many adventures.

It took a lot when it was just boys, but adding girls can be problematic, especially in any outings, though cubs do far fewer of those.

humanearth · Answer

Yes for the, Back there was Tigers, Bears, Wolf and Webelo.  I almost became a Den Mother for the Brownies to

jennifer_bloom · Answer

I never did girl guides as a kid, not sure why my parents choose not to enrol me in that sort of thing, but I took figure skating lessons, piano lessons, and I went on two skiing trips, one as a 10 year old and one as a 12 year old.

NightOwl8801 · Answer

I have experience helping out , I'm not a trained member like they are... Go to your cub scout master and or committee person and see what you can do to be involved more

DaisyOpal · Answer

I always wanted to be a Girl Scout, but my parents could never afford it. My mom understands, because she wanted to be one and her parents had in fact MUCH less money than mine did when I was younger.

Still-alive · Answer

I was a Cub Scout for one year then stopped lol. I think i just sucked at it

MrPickles13 · Answer

I've never been either. All I have done is a fair amount of things like grounds work for scout and guides sites. Which are the older groups in UK

Sevenpointfive · Answer

no. i've heard gay things

johnnygodeep · Answer

Nope, but I used to be a Cub Scout, and have all the merit badges to prove it… will Suit up and wear them for you if that’s your thing… 🖤☠️🖤

Nightroads · Answer

I went from cub to eagle. Never was a leader

lycanthrope3 · Answer

I loved being a cub scout

Shamiah02 · Answer

Naw.

karaspara · Answer

I have not

msc545 · Answer

No idea...

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