By Letting Our Children Lead Us To

There’s No Denying The Benefits Of The Internet. But Electronic Immersion, Without A Force To Balance It, Creates The Hole In The Boat — Draining Our Ability To Pay Attention, To Think Clearly, To Be Productive And Creative.

Kids Are Absolutely Starved For Positive Adult Contact.

When We Raise Our Children, We Relive Our Childhood. Forgotten Memories, Painful And Pleasurable, Rise To The Surface.... So Each Of Us Thinks, Almost Daily, Of How Our Own Childhood Compares With Our Children's, And Of What Our Children's Future Will Hold.

An Indoor (or Backseat) Childhood Does Reduce Some Dangers To Children; But Other Risks Are Heightened, Including Risks To Physical And Psychological Health, Risk To Children's Concept And Perception Of Community, Risk To Self-confidence And The Ability To Discern True Danger

No Other Youth Group Like The Scouts Has Trained So Many Future Leaders While At The Same Time Being A Nature Organization With Its Outdoor Focus.