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Tuesday Talkbacks

Tuesday Talkback: How do you keep siblings entertained at Scout meetings?

May 26, 2015 45

Virginia Scouter Rob H. doesn’t want the younger siblings of Scouts or Venturers sitting around feeling bored for an hour or two. What do you think?

Cub Scouting

Tuesday Talkback: Does your district awards banquet have a theme?

March 24, 2015 31

A district in the Atlanta Area Council uses themes to make its annual district awards banquet a can’t-miss event. Learn more and share your tips here.

Scouts BSA

Tuesday Talkback: How does your troop use its junior assistant Scoutmaster?

March 17, 2015 56

A 16- or 17-year-old Boy Scout can serve his fellow Scouts in the position of junior assistant Scoutmaster. But how best to use these young leaders?

Scouting Tips

Tuesday Talkback: How to support a Scout with diabetes

March 10, 2015 20

Even amid all the challenges of living with the disease, many Venturers and Scouts with diabetes find a way to survive — and thrive — in the program.

Scouts BSA

Tuesday Talkback: Does your troop have an adult patrol?

March 3, 2015 192

Boy Scouts belong to patrols; Boy Scout leaders don’t. But in some troops, just for fun, these adults form their own adult patrol.

Scouts BSA

Tuesday Talkback: Share your troop meeting schedule

January 20, 2015 41

The opening ceremony opens the meeting, and the closing ceremony closes it. But what happens between? Share your troop meeting schedule here.

Scout Life magazine

Tuesday Talkback: Encouraging Scouts to read Boys’ Life

December 9, 2014 17

Read about one Scoutmaster’s strategy for encouraging his Scouts to read Boys’ Life. Then share your own ideas for how to promote the use of Boys’ Life.

Scouts BSA

Tuesday Talkback: How to pick an unforgettable patrol name

April 29, 2014 85

The Mustache patrol of Troop 242 has it figured out. They’ve found a patrol name that’s Scout-created, clever and a little bit wacky. With a name that great, it doesn’t matter that nobody in the Mustache patrol has

Camping

Tuesday Talkback: In search of a better patrol box

March 25, 2014 58

Patrol-based cooking is an important part of troop campouts, and many patrols use a patrol box to help keep cooking supplies and ingredients organized.

Cub Scouting

Tuesday Talkback: Balancing too much adult involvement with too little

February 18, 2014 43

This much we know: A unit where Scouts/Venturers do everything without feedback or coaching from adult leaders is taking the “youth-led” concept too far. And a unit where adult leaders plan trips and lead meetings isn’t taking

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Aaron Derr is the senior editor of Aaron on Scouting and Scout Life magazine, and also a former Cubmaster and Scouts BSA volunteer.


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