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Cub Scout Activities

Teach Cub Scouts about automobile safety

By Scouting magazine

It’s never too early to start teaching kids about automobile safety. Learn more about a hands-on training course that your Cubs will love.

Cub Scout Activities

How to get Eagle Scout dads to help Cubs

By Scouting magazine

  Question: The Eagle Scout dads in Cubmaster S.C.’s pack prefer to work with Boy Scouts, not Cub Scouts. An Eagle Scout himself, S.C. wants to persuade these men to get with the younger-boy program.

Leader Advice and Inspiration

How to deal with an unruly parent

By Scouting magazine

Chartered Organization Representative J.S. has a problem: A troop parent is constantly badmouthing the Scoutmaster (who J.S. thinks is doing a great job). He is looking for ways to rein in this unruly parent.

Leader Advice and Inspiration

Getting parents excited about Scouting

By Scouting magazine

Scouter N.L. has noticed that inactive Scouts tend to have uninvolved parents. She asked how other Scouters get parents excited about the program.

Leaders

How to work with a Scout's opinionated parents

By Scouting magazine

Scouter J.L.R. wondered how to react to outspoken parents who interfere with a leader’s ability to run the program. Readers agreed on one tactic: Ask the critics to become involved as registered leaders.