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This volunteer is growing Scouting in the inner city

By Michael Freeman

Lauren Hopper grew up as a Boy Scout tagalong, always envious that she couldn’t fully participate. As an adult, she has gotten that chance.

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.

Preparing Boys for Leadership

By Scouting magazine

A three-level training continuum provides progressively sophisticated tools for developing youth leaders in your troop.

This is Not a Test

By Scouting magazine

A board of review should gauge the quality of a Scout’s troop experience and encourage future advancement, not ask him to pass rank requirements — again.

Scoutmaster's Toolbox: The Scoutmaster Conference

By Scouting magazine

An important checkpoint for rank advancement, this boy/leader conversation can counsel, inspire, and motivate.

How do you best serve a troop with many leaders?

By Scouting magazine

An assistant Scoutmaster says he feels unneeded in a troop with many adult leaders. Readers urge him to get plenty of training and use his skills and interests to find leadership opportunities.

Advice for preparing to become a Scoutmaster

By Scouting magazine

In our September issue, G.P. said he wanted to start a Boy Scout troop and that he had taken the first phase of Scoutmaster training. “Besides continuing training, what else can I do to ready myself for becoming a Scoutmaster?” he asked.

What to do when Scouter’s young age poses problem with Scouts and Leaders

By Scouting magazine

When a 21-year-old assistant Scoutmaster said that Scouts and Scouters see him as “a kid,” readers suggested steps—including more leadership training—to help improve his standing as an adult with both groups.

Scouters weigh in on the battle of the sexes

By Scouting magazine

In our October issue, M.B., a female Scouter, reported that the Scoutmaster of her troop did not work well with women leaders and passed along his “male chauvinist” attitudes to the Scouts. M.B. asked, “What should I do?”