[onewhippedpuppy]

My son (now 8) did it last year, when it was up for renewal he had no interest. Our troop was a joke, the leadership was inept and planned frequent but boring and pointless exercises for the kids. They spent more time focusing on earning lame patches by learning things like the food pyramid than they did outside. My son was interested in Boy Scouts because he wanted to fish, camp, and do fun outdoorsy stuff, not spend another two hours per week in school. Most of the adults and teens involved were seriously uptight with questionable social skills, many of the decisions that they made were bothersome to myself and the other parents. Overall it was a negative experience that I'm glad is over, I'll handle the hiking, fishing, camping, etc on my own. Of the group of friends my son's age that joined in the last few years, all but one is leaving or has already left.