It's not uncommon in youth organizations to have to do some work connected with documenting the experiences you had or if at Camp to write your letters home so they can be posted on at some convenient point which I suspect is what these Cub Scouts are doing inside their tent.
There can be pressure coming from some child welfare people to insist that each child has independent means of contacting parents or others, typically by use of mobile telephone under the guise of safe guarding.
While it would unreasonable today to venture out to camp without the Scout leader having a mobile telephone, as I found in connection with school days away, the insistence on the youngsters having the access to it at all times took away from fostering true independence within the group, learning to be able to rely on one another.
I feel it is necessary to move boys on to take them from time to time from their parents influence where a good number may be over protected and while a upset child ought to be comforted, a child should learn to adapt to change to help him mature.
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