Parenting

Life Skills

Do your Scouts know how to behave when they're home alone?

By Scouting magazine

Teenagers left home alone usually enjoy the freedom to play their music loud, leave dirty dishes in the sink, and invite friends over to play video games. But the fun can end quickly if the friends get out of hand.

Character Building

The Troop Bully

By Scouting magazine

Is there a Scout intimidating someone in your unit? Here’s how to stop the troop bully.

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.

Life Skills

Mixed Messages

By Scouting magazine

From video games to the Internet to TV, a deluge of messages bombards kids each day. That makes the task of teaching them media literacy even more important.

Life Skills

Shut Down the Parental ATM

By Scouting magazine

Kiplinger’s Janet Bodnar dispenses some free advice on how to teach your kids the value of a dollar and how they can budget their cash.

Life Skills

Parenting Solutions: Saying No to Children in a Yes Culture

By Scouting magazine

If you think your job as a parent is to always make your children happy, think again. Helping kids understand the rules, the limits, and the consequences of their actions gives them something more important: self responsibility.