New Parent Guide

Welcome to Troop 648 – The Troop of the Eagle!

Rest assured, you have joined a wonderful troop, with tremendous Adult Leaders who are committed to making your son’s Boy Scout experience the best it can be.

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In 2013, our boys joined the troop. The experience has been excellent, and our boys have had a great time participating in the troop activities. We learned early on that being a parent of a Boy Scout is a lot different than being the parent of a Cub Scout/Webelos. For us, the experience was not unlike transitioning from high school to college; we went from being the experienced “seniors” of the Cub Scout pack to the new and clueless “freshmen” of the Boy Scout troop.

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Even though everyone was extremely helpful, answered all our questions, and quickly made us feel at home in the troop, there were several occasions where we looked at each other and asked if some foreign language had just been spoken. 

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So, during the year, we made mental notes of some of the things that we had questions about when we first joined the troop. Our hope is that by putting these “Helpful Hints” together we could assist the next generation of “freshmen” parents get off to a smooth start. See below for the file with these Helpful Hints.

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That being said, there is lots of stuff to be learned about Boy Scouting, and our knowledge is far from complete. A good way to figure something out is to ask an Adult Leader or another parent. However, as Mr. Sampson will tell you, if you really want to know something about Scouting, look in the Handbook, it’s in there.

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Yours in Scouting (YIS),

Joe & Bob

(June 2014)

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Please also see the document below that describes the differences between Cub Scout advancement and Boy Scout advancement.