Green Bar 4 Adults

The aim of the Boy Scouts is to supplement the various existing educational agencies, and to promote the ability in boys to do things for themselves and others. It is not the aim to set up a new organization to parallel in its purposes others already established. The opportunity is afforded these organizations, however, to introduce into their programs unique features appealing to interests which are universal among boys. The method is summed up in the term Scoutcraft, and is a combination of observation, deduction, and handiness, or the ability to do things. Scoutcraft includes instruction in Safety First methods, First Aid, Life Saving, Tracking, Signaling, Cycling, Nature Study, Seamanship, Campcraft, Woodcraft, Chivalry, Patriotism, and other subjects. This is accomplished in games and team play, and is pleasure, not work for the boy. All that is needed is the out of doors, a group of boys, and a competent leader.

Handbook for Boys - 2nd Edition, 37th Printing

This section of the Green Bar Web Site is designed to get adults involved in Scouting to think about what Scouting is, and concentrate their efforts on doing real Scouting instead of getting caught up in politics, social theory, or other distractions.

Scouting is not an experiment, and it doesn't take a degree in education to understand it. It is a simple concept. It is only difficult to understand when it is muted and distorted by psychobabble. Here you will find the bare bones truth about how Scouting works, what an adult leader is supposed to do, and all that other stuff.