How can I convince my parents to let me quit Boy Scouts?

Question

I am 15 years old and I've been in scouting since Tiger Cubs. I am a life scout and all I have to do is my eagle project, 5 nights camping, and 6 months leadership.

I have hated scouts from the beginning. In fact I didn't even want to join in the first place, but my dad is an Eagle scout and has forced me to stick with it because he wants a way to connect with me. I have no good friends in my troop and I hate all the kids (they are all nerdy and weird). I am not active in the troop at all (I go to about 5 meetings a year, and I haven't been on a campout in about 3 years). I really have no desire to continue at all. My dad says he won't let me get my drivers license on my birthday in July if I don't get my Eagle, but my mom says I can, so I am not too worried about that. My dad knows I hate scouts, but I still can't convince him to let me quit. I know I am really close to Eagle, but I could care less whether or not I get it. In fact, even if I complete the requirements, I doubt I could pass a board of review due to how inactive I am in the troop. Plus, I don't really need my Eagle for my college resume since I already have above a 4.0 in school and have no plans of joining the military. I don't feel like getting back into scouting and putting in all that work. How can I convince my parents to let me quit?

Answer 1

Ok you are not going to win this sorry. If I could say why you should stay, it’s great for future occasions. Then again you should stay in it for the benefits and to appease your father. Heck I’m procrastinating on my eagle project by answering this. Also you can make through your board of review. Hey just take a simple job like ASPL. I mean the SPL should do most of the work and all you have to do is be an assistant. Sorry I know you want an answer on how to quit. a way is to tell you father to stop pushing his dreams into your life. Tell him to see what he is doing. You don’t care for it and never had, tell your father I don’t want to be like you. This is my life and I don’t want to follow in some premade footsteps. Ask him if he would at least give you a chance of why. Also why do you hate the camping part? If your troop does go camping then it is fun right. Or is your troop’s version of camping includes a night of d&d.



other way

Well one if you are gay tell you scout master. That is the fastest way to get kicked out of scouting. They hate gays. I don’t know why seeing about 30% of their leaders and scouts are.



and to jake can they take it away from you once you get it? was thinking about that since being gay is somthing they hate.

Answer 2

First off, I was once in your position. I HATED scouts and i dreaded every week having to go to a meeting and even worse, the camp outs. I was going to quit COUNTLESS times throughout my run as a scout.



You may say that you don't care now, but trust me, in 10 years you will. I'm an Eagle Scout myself, and trust me - you can have all of the grades on a resume, but the minute anybody sees "Eagle Scout", it pushes you above everybody else. Given you've gone this far already, just finish it up, man! You've done all the hard stuff, getting up to this point. The Eagle Project is not that big of a deal and can be completed in a couple months. What's two more months of continuing compared to all the time you've put into it thus far and ultimately being say you're an eagle scout for the rest of your life. You only have until you're 18 - once you're 18 there's no turning back to finish it up - there will be absolutely no regrets either way if you do it.



The sooner you complete the requirements, the sooner you can get done - look at it that way, not at just quitting altogether - you WILL regret it if you do quit.



(btw, i JUST turned 18 myself, and I can already say I am insanely happy I didn't quit - It's just knowing that you can call yourself an Eagle Scout for the rest of your life that makes it worth your while, even if you do hate going through all the requirements.)

Answer 3

Quit Boy

Answer 4

Make a plan. Figure out a constructive use for the time that you would have spent on scouting, and show your parents that plan. Assure them that you won't get into trouble with your "free" time. You can do volunteer work in the community, or get a job, or something.

Answer 5

Just tell them you hate it and you're not going anymore and yell something like "It's my life! I dont want to be an eagle like you, dad! I want to be a dancer! It's in my soul!"

Answer 6

tell them your gay