Why should children join the Boy Scouts?

I think sometimes we, like our parents, wonder, why do we want our children to join the Boy Scouts?

Here, please tell me why you, as a trainer, want to join the Boy Scouts? Why do you warmly recommend to parents that their children join the Boy Scouts?

Especially when those of us who have experienced Boy Scouts share this answer from our own perspective, I think the meaning of Boy Scouts will be richer and more exciting!

The following is a starting point...talk about the things I have collected about the Boy Scouts

The most special thing about the Scout movement is that it uses animals, plants and fables to inspire Scouts to think about things. and understanding of life. Today, I will share a story about plants that I learned in the World Scout Wood Badge Course. The plants are oak trees and acorns.

In the old days of England, craftsmen built a cathedral mainly made of stone and wood. This church is very big and special. What's special about it is that its structure uses a very large and long wooden beam to support the entire roof. These craftsmen were very far-sighted. They knew that the church would be repaired one day, so they hid the architectural blueprints and relevant information in a sheepskin bag and stored them in the church.

Five hundred years have passed, and in the blink of an eye we are in modern Britain.

For five hundred years, this church has witnessed countless years, and this church has also reached a critical point. All experts are nervously starting to rescue this church. However, the problem came. No material could be found that could compare with the big wooden beam. Without this big wooden beam, the church would collapse. At this moment, someone found the sheepskin bag containing the solution. In this bag, they found an acorn.

These craftsmen planted acorns when the cathedral was newly built five hundred years ago, providing solutions to future problems. Experts followed the documents in the leather bag and found these 500-year-old trees and saved the church.

There is such an allusion to acorns in Scouting. Whether we are an emotional intelligence trainer, a Boy Scout leader, or a parent, we must plant this acorn for our children's future. From the first day we come into contact with children, we must begin to train the next generation to take over our baton. One day we will leave, and we must pass on what we have learned.

Some parents may say: "What good will Scouting do to my son? It won't teach him how to earn bread and butter! (meaning making a lot of money)" So what exactly is the Boy Scouts? What? What can it bring to our children’s present and future?

The Boy Scouts are not a performance; nor is it an exclusive institution for rich and poor children; nor is it a school with its own curriculum, nor is it a troop with a commander above him. an army; let alone a news agency established for the convenience of the public. Boy Scouts is a game with goals and spirit. It is purely a "game" that provides children with an active outdoor activity, makes good friends around them, can gain a lot of healthy and interesting joy, and can also do useful things.

The purpose of this "game" is to spread the spirit of the World Scouts and cultivate good qualities in children, such as confidence, sense of honor, self-discipline, respect, selflessness, experiencing life, vitality, and Be ambitious, have a positive attitude, improve the ability to withstand setbacks and manage emotions, and have the courage to challenge and surpass yourself. These qualities can be provided in the training in Scouting.

Secondly, we must learn and master the "Scouting Compulsory Survival Skills" stipulated by the World Scout Organization. Sports and physical skills (hiking drills, Scout footwork drills), safety first aid skills (self-rescue, wound treatment and bandaging, use of tourniquets), engineering construction skills (Scout knots, engineering competitions, simple sewing, use of wrenches and screwdrivers) , hammers and other tools, group birdhouse building), observation and orientation skills (recognizing signs, hand signals and siren signals; orientation identification, using a compass, and using the sun and watch to estimate the orientation), collection and environmental protection skills (insect identification, Leaf shape identification, relationship between clouds and weather).

Some parents may say: "What good will Scouting do to my son? It won't teach him how to earn bread and butter! (meaning making a lot of money)" This is a direct Regarding sexual issues, the Boy Scouts use another method to teach children how to fight on the battlefield of life.

He can teach children to be honest, to get rid of all dishonorable and dirty things, to know how to seize opportunities at any time, to overcome all difficulties, and to boldly pursue success. Remember, Scouting has hundreds of skill badges for kids to compete for. There is a great possibility that when a child strives for the skill chapter of his choice, the child's lifelong major will be subtly determined. For example, a Scout who obtains the Urgent Badge may become a great doctor in the future; a Scout who obtains the Electrician Badge may become an electronic engineer in the future, etc.

Another Scouting philosophy is helping others. Scouts should do one good deed every day. These good deeds may be tricky, but children will slowly experience the meaning of service and provide necessary help to those in need. Tests one's teamwork and communication abilities.

Those children in the Scouts who have experienced the achievement of goals, difficulties and setbacks, and the test of friendship and cooperation enjoy a sense of accomplishment and honor in the realization of self-worth, personal and team abilities. No matter how many setbacks they have in their future study and life, they will always be confident and work hard to realize every dream.