Originally Posted By OldScout
Mind you, our Troop does very little car camping but mostly hikes into our campsites. I want the young scout to rely on and learn from the older scouts in his patrol, not run back to mom or dad to ask for something he forgot. The scout needs to learn there are consequances to forgetting items. (Within reason of course, we are not going to let a tenderfoot freeze or go hungry.)


I totally agree. We just wait until they are 12 to do this.
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