I really wanted my husband to do this with my son, by this i mean the ENTIRE scouting package. But alas because i love my son and daddy keeps dropping the ball, i amwilling to have my son help Me sew or iron his badges on to his uniform, Hubby keeps letting me there are special places for each one, but i don't know were they are and like i said since this is daddy's deal i do'nt want to be contacting the den leader or driving 2 hours to get to the place that sells them. I've been all through the darn booklet which is the most poorly organized and muddled piece of... sorry little frustrated right now. Is there something on the internet what can show me a diagram of the uniform and show were the badges etc are to go??? I did try ask jeeves and you tube and wasnt' coming up with any thing. when i typed in tiger scout uniform badges
Thank you Lucia, I was on that site but not at that page. I seriously am not seeing it in the handbook, i see the badges but no whole picture. but thanks i think i have it now.
While i'm venting though, i told my husband that i felt like being out at a meeting until 8 pm once a week on a school night was not ok for a first grader and that if he thought it was that important then he would have to step up and carry the load of doing this. It has been a struggle and if i knew my son really really enjoyed it I would probably be ok with it, but as it is, he enjoys other things just as much that are better run adn met at a better time.
but thanks ladies.
The Dad needs to contact the den leader and find out where the badges go. If he wants to do this with your son then he needs to help out. Nip it in the butt now or you will be getting more involved. let him know that it is his responsiblity to find out where the badges go. Like you said,you and your son can help you sew them on together but your can not drive yourself crazy to find otu where they belong.
I see you already have your answer....just wanted to chime in here.
DO NOT give up on scouting! My son is in 8th grade and has been in since 1st. It's the only thing he's stuck with for that long and it's been the best thing ever for him. His best friends are his scout friends.
Things vary from pack to pack. Our pack was actually mostly run by men though there were a lot of family type activities. My son is now a boy scout and they (the boys) really don't want the moms around...and I kind of miss it. There are so many positive things about scouting. When my son was younger, he was mentored by the older boys. Now that he's older, he's doing some mentoring and really developing some leadership skills. An Eagle ranking on college applications and job applications goes a long way.
That said, each pack/troop has its own personality. They meet on different nights as well. If the one your son is attending isn't a good fit for your family, I would encourage you to find one that is before you just give up on scouts.
If you have any other questions on scouting, please feel free to PM me.
i agree with the cub scout stuff being poorly organized and the books being of no help. i remember you could purchase the uniforms and such at places like JCPenney, but they don't do that anymore. talk about making things difficult!!
i see you got the answer to your initial question about badge placement, but i wanted to chime in on the other part of your story. my son was super excited to join scouts, and i cut a deal with my husband that it was to be primarily he who went to meetings and such with him. due to his work schedule i have to take him to the weekend activities on my own, but meetings are to be his deal. however, the acitivities that they schedule are at such ludicrous times (6PM, in downtown pittsburgh, on a weeknight. really???) and the way we are notified is inconsistent. i don't have a big issue with the meetings until 8 once a week, when we are in soccer, football, or wrestling, that's about how late we get home 2 or more times a week, so it just takes some serious pre-planning to have homework (mostly) done and dinner eaten before heading out. i think it's a good thing to be involved in, even if it doesn't last long. my only other big complaint is the "parents always have to be there" axiom that they have. i get that they don't want it to be a babysitting sort of thing, but i was a girl scout from 1st through 12th grade, and other than when my mom was the leader or acting as a driver/chaperone, she was never there. i think that's the part that really gets me. i don't know how your area does it, but if we wanted our son to participate in the day camp here in the summer, either i or my husband would need to spend a day volunteering. that's all well and good, but A) my husband doesn't get vacation time, so he's not able to be there and B) i get vacation, but i teach in a year-round program so i can't always take it when i want to. i think it's a bit presumptuous to think that parents are going to be able to do that all off the time, but whatever.
good luck, and the school year is nearly over, so we're almost at the end!
Hi, V.M.
Is there a power struggle between you and your husband?
Is there someway that you can use this power struggle to get to
the source of this conflict between you and your husband?
Do you think this is a symbol of other power issues between you and your husband?
Do you see how this is affecting your son? Do you see how your two re his role models for his future relationships?
Just wondering.
D.
Found this when I googled tiger scout badge placement.
http://www.boyscouttrail.com/external_frame.asp?goto=/doc...
The badge placement is in the back of his Tiger Scout book. Or you can just google Tiger Scout Badges and you will find many sites to help you.
Also, on another note regarding your husband. Cub Scouts, at least in my neck of the woods, is mostly run by the moms w/ little involvement from the dads. They mostly do lots of crafty stuff, skits and games the first few years. The 'cool stuff' doesn't really happen until they are Webelos I (4th grade) - that is when the dads decide to join in. Although, they do like to go camping, but that is only a few times a year. There is the pinewood derby and raingutter regatta that the dads will do b/c it involves tools :) That was probably the most disappointing thing about Cub Scouts that I found b/c I wanted it to be a 'guy thing', but it just doesn't work that way. Once they are in Boy Scouts (6th grade), all the dads are there!
