garygarrison2003

Thank each of you for taking the time to address this. You have convinced me to start the younger one in a Bear den. It will complicate things such that I won't go into but maybe we can make it work. I must agree with the practical argument that it is in the best interest of the younger son to start him as a Bear. I also do not intend to try to do something outside of the rules. At first I thought the age/grade guideline would allow my plan but I am now convinced I am attempting something outside of the guidelines. The resource I was using to support my plan is the National Council Publication "Improved Webelos Transition" at the web site noted in my former post. I now believe the reference to the 9 year age for Webelos eligibility would apply to a 9 year old in the fourth grade and not a 9 year old in the third grade. I think I am trying to step too far out of line. Thank you for helping me clarify this.

Thank you for answering my question. It is not a matter of driving, it is a matter of being involved with each of my sons scouting activities. I am a single parent trying to raise these boys and keep a business together. I do not have two afternoons a week to go to a meeting, help plan it and be involved with all of the activities. I am trying to keep them together. They are only 14 months apart. The Official Scouting web site on the topic Weblelos Transition; www.scouting.org/boyscouts/resources/18-096/ states, "Cub Scouting takes place largely in the family and a boy advances from Tiger..., Wolf..., Bear..., and Webelos Scout at ages 9 and 10. The Cub Scout parents serve as leaders and most events take place in the the homes of the Cub Scouts". This is what I am trying to do and tag a 9 yr old scout along behind the 10 yr. olds one rank ahead. Your answer is the conventional answer and I agree under normal circumstances that is the preferable advancement order. Your answer raises my question: Am I really stepping too far out of line?

I am a two cub dad,w/ a 10 yr old fifth grader in Webelos 2 working on his AOL and a 9 yr old in the third grade (held back a year) who has never been a cub but is now interested in becoming active. He is now working on his Bobcat and then we intend to work on his Webelo 1 this winter and start him in Web. 2 when he turns 10 next July. For logistic purposes I need to keep both of them together for meetings, events, etc. I intend to work with the 9 yr old third grader on the side for the Web I requirements but let him attend the Web. II meetings with the older boys den. I just can not make two meetings a week. Is there anything wrong with putting him with the Web. 2 den and get him through Bobcat and Webelos I and then work on Webelos II on the side as the older Webelos transition into a troop. As soon as he can meet the requirements of AOL he would become a Boy Scout. I know this advancement schedule will be unorthodox and he looses the group identity of being in a den of his peers. I would essentially be a one cub Webelos 1 den attending a Webelos 2 meeting. Is there anything in the regs that would disallow this plan? Can a 9 yr old third grader be a member of a Webelos 2 den working on his Webelos 1 rank and receive his Webelos 1 rank before his 10th birthday and before he is in the fourth grade?