Is anyone aware of a good alternative to the boy scouts, particularly that's available in the US south outside of a major city? I don't know how much they've actually gotten better over the past decade, but I still don't like the whole paramilitary thing. I went for a few years growing up, and I think a lot of the stuff I learned there was useful, but I don't know if I want to send my son into it in a few years when he's old enough. I could teach him that stuff myself, but I think the social setting would be good, provided it's in the right context
I don't have a direct answer to your question, but I did see today that they are changing their name to "Scouting America". I never did Boy Scouts growing up, but my family was very into camping when we were kids. It was resort camping mostly, but it was still fun.
Yeah I did happen to see that, that's what made me think to ask lol. It does seem like they've improved a lot since I was in, but there's a few core aspects that I'm still not a big fan of. My son is only a year old, so I have plenty of time before I would actually need to pick something lol
Is anyone aware of a good alternative to the boy scouts, particularly that's available in the US south outside of a major city? I don't know how much they've actually gotten better over the past decade, but I still don't like the whole paramilitary thing. I went for a few years growing up, and I think a lot of the stuff I learned there was useful, but I don't know if I want to send my son into it in a few years when he's old enough. I could teach him that stuff myself, but I think the social setting would be good, provided it's in the right context
I don't have a direct answer to your question, but I did see today that they are changing their name to "Scouting America". I never did Boy Scouts growing up, but my family was very into camping when we were kids. It was resort camping mostly, but it was still fun.
Yeah I did happen to see that, that's what made me think to ask lol. It does seem like they've improved a lot since I was in, but there's a few core aspects that I'm still not a big fan of. My son is only a year old, so I have plenty of time before I would actually need to pick something lol