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If your child is involved in Scouting…

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PrincessPeache · 29/06/2024 21:42

How involved are you as a parent?

just out of interest 😊

My son started Squirrels two years ago and was there for about six months before he moved up to Beavers. I’m now an Assistant Leader at Beavers, and will remain so when he moves up to Cubs at the end of the year.

Our adults are a mixture of people who have been involved in scouts all their lives, and those who became involved when their children did.

Around a quarter of our Beavers have parents involved in our Group.

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Alwaystired23 · 30/06/2024 21:10

My husband is a cub assistant. He started when dc1 was nervous about going, and they needed parent helpers. DC1 is now in scouts, and dc2 is about to finish cubs and start scouts. I help out with the cubs occasionally. They are thinking of doing a squirrel section, I was going to volunteer for that.

sanityisamyth · 03/07/2024 08:38

Lidlisthebusiness · 30/06/2024 16:31

I have a son who's recently joined Scouts, and one who wants to join Cubs. I have no intention of getting involved with anything. We had to sit through the AGM this week and my goodness the level of dull was extreme.

AGMs are dull. They're not really supposed to be fun! The only reason both your children can go to Cubs and Scouts is because other adults take time out of their week, unpaid and under-thanked, to give them those opportunities.

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