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Sounds like I should get my son in Boy Scouts, even though our family is becoming increasingly less religious. My experience with Cub Scouts/Boy Scouts included
by rthomas6 12y ago
Sounds like I should get my son in Boy Scouts, even though our family is becoming increasingly less religious. My experience with Cub Scouts/Boy Scouts included the following things I wouldn't have got to do otherwise:
* Building a fire
* Training to use a pocket knife (and being allowed to own one thereafter)
* Shooting a rifle without my parents present
I quit early on, and they teach you way more self-sufficiency and survival skills than I learned. I recall that there's a merit badge that involves blindfolding you and dropping you off in an unknown wooded location with nothing but a tarp, and you have to "survive" for 24 hours by building a shelter, making a fire, looking for food and water, etc.