In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Scouting teaches a boy to take care of himself and stand on his own two feet.
The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.
Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.
The sport in Scouting is to find the good in every boy and develop it.
In assisting his 'neighbour' every day to the best of his ability, and keeping truth, honesty, and kindness perpetually before him, the Boy Scout, with as little formality as possible, is pleasing God.
Scouting ought to be about building character, not about sex. Period. Precious few parents enroll their boys in the Scouts to get a crash course in sexual orientation.
The Scoutmaster who is a hero to his boys holds a powerful lever to their development but at the same time brings a great responsibility on himself. They are quick enough to see the smallest characteristic about him, whether it be a virtue or a vice.
As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
Scouting is nothing less than applied Christianity.
One of the first duties of a Scout is obedience to authority. He must obey his orders in the first place and put his own amusement or desires in the second.