KenDavis500 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 My Scout son was just taking the BSA survey regarding potential new merit badges. One that caught my eye was "Life Skills". It would include sewing, cooking, & I didn't see the rest of it. It struck me as kinda different as the parts of the merit badge (potential) are already covered in other merit badges. Seemed like really a "fluff" mb. What's your opinion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ding Dong Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Yes cooking and dishes are covered elsewhere. Sewing is not. laundry and ironing is not. Basic automobile skills, MB in intense. Very basic home skills like running toilet, stopped toilet, finding circuit breaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tampa Turtle Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I like the idea of it IF it was an alternate to another of those new un-scouty relevant Eagle required MB like Personal Management or Family Life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tampa Turtle Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Yes cooking and dishes are covered elsewhere. Sewing is not. laundry and ironing is not. Basic automobile skills, MB in intense. Very basic home skills like running toilet, stopped toilet, finding circuit breaker.I like the basic mechanical skills. Maybe one on asking a girl out? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudu Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Maybe a tie into the new marketing slogan "Prepared. For Life," which was introduced as "Life" being the opposite of the Scoutcraft defined by our Congressional Charter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twocubdad Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 I like to think the whole program is one big life skills badge. And yeah, ever couple years we have a mom come in a teach how to sew on a patch and hem pants. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ding Dong Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Yes cooking and dishes are covered elsewhere. Sewing is not. laundry and ironing is not. Basic automobile skills, MB in intense. Very basic home skills like running toilet, stopped toilet, finding circuit breaker.1. Show that you know first aid for injuries or illnesses that could occur while asking a girl out including dry mouth, stuttering, cold sweats, heart attack, stroke, stopped breathing and incontenance. 2. Do the following: (a) Identify the conditions that must exist before asking a girl out. Explain how such conditions are recognized. (b) Demonstrate the proper technique for kissing using a training device approved by your counselor. 3. Do two of the following A). Ask a girl out using semaphore B). Ask a girl out using the line "I know how to light your fire..." C). Using your stave club her over the head and drag her back to your tarp tent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tampa Turtle Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Maybe a tie into the new marketing slogan "Prepared. For Life," which was introduced as "Life" being the opposite of the Scoutcraft defined by our Congressional Charter.I refuse to acknowledge that slogan. Hate it, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tampa Turtle Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Yes cooking and dishes are covered elsewhere. Sewing is not. laundry and ironing is not. Basic automobile skills, MB in intense. Very basic home skills like running toilet, stopped toilet, finding circuit breaker.If it is Eagle required: 4. Do the following: A) Take a girl out for a meal you cook yourself. Demonstrate good table manners. B) Meet her parents. C) Take her out dancing. Be seen physically dancing with her. For years a mom and I had a running joke with a new scout that the "Dancing MB" was Eagle required. We told him it had ballerina slippers on it and the mom was the MBC. The final requirement was an interpretive dance--jazz, tap, or freestyle--at the Court of Honor. After a few weeks of our cruelty the boy came up to us, sighed, and said "Well...if it is Eagle required I will do it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tampa Turtle Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 I was getting so frustrated about the boys never putting their POR patches on. Then it occurred to me--your term doesn't start until we see you with your patch sewn on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bando Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 I was getting so frustrated about the boys never putting their POR patches on. Then it occurred to me--your term doesn't start until we see you with your patch sewn on!* "No council, committee, district, unit, or individual has the authority to add to, or subtract from, advancement requirements." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeBob Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 I was getting so frustrated about the boys never putting their POR patches on. Then it occurred to me--your term doesn't start until we see you with your patch sewn on!"serve actively 6 months in one or more of the positions of responsibility..." I think the troop gets to determine when that service begins and what constitutes serving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdidochas Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Maybe a tie into the new marketing slogan "Prepared. For Life," which was introduced as "Life" being the opposite of the Scoutcraft defined by our Congressional Charter.I like the slogan "Prepared. For Life." I believe that the scoutcraft we do teach is preparing scouts for life. I know that the scoutcraft I learned as a Scout back in the late 1970s helped to prepare me for life. I don't think this is a bad badge, but I would like it if it replaced Family Life and Personal Management. That way the number of Eagle required remains the same (after the addition of cooking), and we get rid of a non-outdoors MB. I'd also like to see the Citizenship MBs reduced to one, and add two either/or badges--either Canoeing, Backpacking, or Kayaking and either Pioneering or Orienteering. My sons are currently Star and Life, and have gotten all of the "fun" Eagle required badges. The Star Scout has a bunch (all the Citizenships, Communication, Fam life, and personal management, for example). The Life has three (communication, Fam Life and Personal management). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 I'm thinking every boy should be able to sew a button on, patch torn uniform pants, hem them up, sew on a patch and sew a torn tent/pack. Besides sewing, basic kitchen skills, laundry skills, plumbing and electrical are all useful skills. But so are scout craft skills. Anyone that can cook on an open fire or camp stove, can cook at a kitchen stove. Menus in camp can be the same at home. Of course it's a lot easier to do it at home, and that seems to be the elephant in the room. Making a bed in the woods is not the same as making a bed at home. Yep, Parlour Scout is a fitting definition. Of course there's not much adventure in kitchen cooking no matter how much Julia Childs says differently. Stosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattR Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 jblake, I was in college, we wanted to celebrate, so someone said, "let's make some sort of flambe thing." All we had was 151Rum. Plenty of adventure in a kitchen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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