The Wolf Cubs and I

This blog pays very much homage to the the whole spirit of being a Wolf Cub the original and in my opinion best setting for those between eight and around ten and half years who wanted to be in scouting .
Every so often and it is was at the core of the Advance Party Report of the mid nineteen sixties, the view is taken society has change so much that youth no longer want to be a part of something that is a part of an older tradition.

Strangely enough, boys do actually like the notion of following in past footsteps, of being at camp singing songs by a fire, of roughing it while getting to grips with nature being focused on the practical skills rather than just a different kind of academic study, knowing more of the theory.

The call of the boy is in traditional practical skills woodcrafting instincts and the hike, the major role of the group where everybody knows each other rather than the District and HQ;
Scouting is a Boys game, not an exact science that lends itself to tightly structured approaches.
It's not about Standards of Scouting so much as the Standard of Effort as B-P put it, namely it's what you put in, to encourage learning a skill and above all self confidence that moves that boy on, giving of his best.

It recognizes a need for starter badges and awards to get boys going before moving  along, providing the FUN as he develops character rather than formal character development that keeps older boys still interested.

The photograph shows Wolf Cubs in Kent, England in 1966, a year from when they swept from the Scouting Association and four years from the formation of the Baden-Powell Scout Association.