Parents Info

Forms

Health Form: 680-001_AB.pdf. For more information see the Health Forms FAQ.

Youth Scouting Application: 524-406.pdf (scouting.org)

Adult Scouting Application: 524-501A.pdf (scouting.org)

Your Role as a Parent

The BSA website at scouting.org has some excellent resources for parents, including a page entitled Your Role as a Parent. This page includes some excellent suggestions, which are summarized below:

Cub Scouting encourages closeness to family. The program will give you opportunities to take part in activities with your child that you normally couldn’t do. It provides a positive way for parent and child to grow closer together, and encourages you to spend quality time together. In this way, Cub Scouting is a program for the entire family, and your involvement is vital to the program’s success.

Some specific things you can do to help your son or daughter in Cub Scouting are:

  • Work with your child on projects
  • Help your Cub Scout along the advancement trail
  • Participate in monthly pack meetings
  • Attend parent-leader conferences
  • Go on family campouts with your son or daughter
  • Provide support for your child’s den and pack by volunteering

The Cub Scout years are developing years for young boys and girls, falling between the dependence of early childhood and the relative independence of early adolescence. As they grow, they will gain the ability to do more things “on his or her own,” but at this stage of their development, your help is critical.