Citizenship: Contributing service and showing responsibility to local, state, and national communities.
Compassion: Being kind and considerate, and showing concern for the well-being of others.
Cooperation: Being helpful and working together with others toward a common goal.
Courage: Being brave and doing what is right regardless of our fears, the difficulties, or the consequences.
Faith: Having inner strength or confidence based on our trust in God
Health & Fitness: Being personally committed to keeping our minds and bodies clean and fit.
Honesty: Telling the truth and being worthy of trust.
Perseverance: Sticking with something and not giving up, even if it is difficult.
Positive Attitude: Being cheerful and setting our minds to look for and find the best in all situations.
Resourcefulness: Using human resources and other resources to their fullest.
Respect: Showing regard for the worth of someone or something.
Responsibility: Fulfilling our duty to God, country, other people, and ourselves.
New leaders are required to take Youth Protection training before submitting an application for registration. The certificate of completion for this training must be submitted at the time the application is made and before volunteer service with youth begins. Youth Protection training must be taken every two years. If a volunteer does not meet the BSA’s Youth Protection training requirement at the time of recharter, the volunteer will not be reregistered. Parents and adult partners of Lions and Tigers are also encouraged to complete the free training.
To find out more about the Youth Protection policies of the Boy Scouts of America and how to help Scouting keep your family safe, see the Parent’s Guide in any of the Cub Scouting or Boy Scouting handbooks, or go to http://www.scouting.org/Training/ YouthProtection.aspx
Parents are a critical element in educating Cub Scouts about child abuse. The BSA publishes a booklet, How to Protect Your Children From Child Abuse: A Parent’s Guide, that is inserted in the front of all Cub Scout handbooks. This guide has exercises to be completed by the Cub Scout and his parent or guardian as part of the Bobcat requirements. The exercises are designed to open the lines of communication between the boy and his parent or guardian so that he will be more likely to report any abuse or attempted abuse. Going through the pamphlet together is also part of the requirements for each rank.
Each rank is also required to complete the Cyber Chip requirements which focus on internet safety and topics like cyberbullying, cell phone use, texting, blogging, gaming, and identity theft. In place of the Cyber Chip, scouts may choose to earn the Protect Yourself Belt Loop. Click on the links to go to the BSA website for more resources and to complete the requirements.