Life Skills

A Scout’s growth never ends. Read these articles for tips and inspiration that will help you raise your Scout to be a responsible, ethical member of society.

Emergency Preparedness

How to survive if your light goes out when caving

By Scouting magazine

You’re caving with your crew when your light source burns out. Your batteries and other lights are in your pack, which is missing. And now you’ve become separated. How do you survive?

Life Skills

Train Tale

By Scouting magazine

Saddle up with Troop 466 for a weeklong cattle drive along the legendary Chisholm Trail.

Character Building

Build a Better Boy

By Scouting magazine

What will inspire success and happiness in your son? Give him a purpose. Best-selling author Michael Gurian tells you how.

Aquatics

Survive This: That Sinking Feeling

By Scouting magazine

While whitewater canoeing, a hole appears in the bottom of your canoe. How do you repair your craft and get back in the water?

Health

Fat Chance

By Scouting magazine

People who recite the Boy Scout Oath promise to keep themselves ‘physically strong.’ That goes for adult leaders, too. It’s time for you and your Scouts to get fitter and faster—and avoid missing out on Scouting’s greatest adventures.

Life Skills

Going by the Book

By Scouting magazine

The 2010 BSA Handbook nods to the past, bows to the future.

Advancement & Awards

Spirit of Adventure

By Scouting magazine

What will the next generation of American leaders look like? Many of them will look like Eagle Scouts. And many of those already are shaping the future of America—and the world. They’re serving in the military, the Peace Corps, and Teach for America. They’re conserving natural resources, healing the sick, and competing for Super Bowl titles. They’re everywhere, and they’re serving others.