[fastfredracing]

Went to sons school introduction last night. On they way out the door , the cub scouts were passing out information. One of the cub scout leaders was my sons friends father. Later in the evening, my son expressed some interest in becoming a scout.
I did it for one year, I remember thinking it was sort of corny, but a cool side benefit was that I could wear my cub scout outfit with a pocket knife hanging off my belt loop to school ( the good old days, they would arrest you for this now). I quit after one year. The pinewood derby was sort of cool, I remember building , and painting that little car with my dad.
I remember hearing some pretty bad press about the scout organization a while back.
Think there is any real benefit to be had for a 6-7 year old boy? Any of you guys active in scouting ?