ScouterKid

yes u are wrong no offense evmori but if i would of declined i would of been grounded for years by my DAD and my DAD forces me to go to every scout meeting/camp/outing u name it no matter what i had planned first i have to go. this year me and my mom where going to see her parents(my grandparents) in arizona but it happened to be on the week of a camporee so i had to miss out on my grandparents just for a camporee... i mean i havn't missed a single meeting/ campout or anything. it really stinks my dad won't even let me have a break from it. yeah and he signed me up for venturing he brought home the brown sheet and said sign it..i had no choice but to.

My dad most likely won't let me change troops either cause we live in a small town and he wouldn't be willing to drive 25 miles to a different town just to see if i like the troop better. scouting was fun when some of my friends where still in it now that they have all left it's no fun anymore. i have no one to talk to/ tent with on outings...can u kinda see why i'm wanting to quit?

This thing u mentioned about venturing well i'm in one...unfortunatley our same SM runs it and my dad won't let me drop out of that either...i've been in the venture crew for six months and all we've done is meetings and one overnight canoe trip...no fun if u ask me. i just got back from "camp decorah" this Friday and to try and help my dad realize i don't want to be in scouts any longer i refused to go to my meritbadges (that he signed me up for) and i told my scout master to take me off the list for ppl to elected into the Order Of the Arrow. All this seemed to do is make him more mad at me wanting to drop scouts. i've tried about everything to get him to let me quit. i guess i'm looking more for advice on how to get him to listen to my reasons for wanting to quit. instead of advice on how to make our troop better. ty for ur advice so far u guys have been helpful

yes i totally agree with you. my dad wasn't in sports until his senior year and was never in scouts and keeps saying he wishes he was when he was a kid. to me it seems like he wants me to lead the life he didn't. he's always signing me up for sports without me know even though the sports thing is fine becuase i'm really good at them but scouting i just don't like and he refuses to let me out on the accout of that he always wanted to be in scouts and he wants me to become and eagle. personally i'm willing to give up being an eagle in order to be able to have fun with my friends during my summers instead of going to a boring repetative "Camp Decorah". But he still refuses to let me quit and i am just depressed in scouting and i know there is no way out it seems like to me and it's driving me nutz!!!

yes i know i should be involved in the activies but the problem is our scoutmaster decides what activities we do and we only get to plan our menu. and he chooses things that are always the same. like our troop has been going to the same summer camp for 11 yrs without change...kinda boring going to the same place. me and the spl have requested a different camp and he refuses. and this camp we go to hasn't changed in the 11 yrs our troop has been going. i guess i'm just bored with, and ready to quit scouting cause it never changes.

also our scout master is a retired veterinarian and has been in scouts since a kid and constantly wants to do things the way he had to even if there is a better and more funner way. he refuses to even listen just like my dad saying that he can't do anything about it and he seems to make it more worse as well. he likes to just dump every thing on me and the spl while he goes and sits at his desk or goes somewhere else it's kind of annoying that he has to do nothing.

ok i'm a 1st class scout just needing a board of review for star. i'm currently the aspl. the meetings are a chore becuase we never do anything fun at them. and our troop goes canoeing at least twice a year and we go to a fall/spring/winter camporee and summer camp for 5 days. these have all become boring to beacause they all have the same events and nothing changes at them. summer camp has exactly the same thing every year. so scouting to me has become repetative and boring hope this helps u understand more

I'm Currently a 1st class scout that is going threw what u ppl are talking about. When i first crossed over to boy scouts i had 11 ppl my age that where in my patrol. now it's just me. My parents are refusing to let me out of scouts. Well i mean it's mostly my dad my mom is just sticking with him but she see's my point. well i've tried to talk to him and let him let me out of scouts. but he refuses and refuses. My scoutmaster knows i want to quit but won't do anything either. there isn't anyfun in scouts for me anymore. it seems like the meetings that are everyother tuesday are a chore now instead of fun. Is the anyadvice that i can get to help me talk to my dad?