Boy Scouting

Wilderness youth program

Boy Scouting is the program and activities of the Boy Scouts, a youth organization focused on outdoor skills, citizenship, and character development.

The term covers camping, merit badges, community service, and advancement through ranks like Eagle Scout.

He learned to tie knots and read maps through Boy Scouting.

Sometimes used broadly for any Scout-affiliated youth program.

Related

jamboree · summer camp · compass · uniform · troop · citizenship · tenderfoot · be prepared · backpacking · first aid · pinewood derby · good turn · survival training · patrol · orienteering · rappelling · Baden-Powell · motto

Opposites
gender-based youth organization

Boy ScoutingGirl Scouts

American youth organization for girls

Girl Guides

organizational structure

Boy Scoutingstreet games

Informal neighborhood children's activities

pickup games · hanging out

values and culture

Boy Scoutingjuvenile delinquency

Criminal acts by minors

youth gangs · counterculture · street kids · truancy

Family

boys, boyish, boyhood, scout, scouts, scouting, scouted

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G