In Cub Scouting, leadership is working with boys and their families, improving the life of your community by enriching the lives of the families who live in it. You will be helping boys respect their homes and families, and you will be helping families understand their boys by doing thing with them.
In this day and age, when the family is becoming less and less important to many people, you as a Cub Scout leader will be taking a positive stand in support of the family. As inflation, unemployment, crime, poor housing, and other fctors cause stress in families, you will be taking an active part in helping to strengthen those families and the boys in them by providing a fun-filled, worthwhile program that has stood the test of time. Few organizations in history have had the universal impact on the family that can be claimed by Scouting. And you are an important part of that impact today.
Successful leaders are people of character and homesty; people with the ablilty to guide and imfluence boys; people with pep, patience, tact and a sense of humor; people who care about boys and have a sensee of purpose and direction. Now, before you become alarmed and begin thinking: "I don't have all those qualities." just relax and read on. As all boys are different, so are all leaders different. But there are certain things that Cub Scout leaders need to know and be able to do.
That's the reason for training-to teach leaders the skills and information they need to work successfully with Cub Scouts. If you have a son or you joined Cub Scouting because you like to work with boys, then you already have a head start. If not, then we can help you learn.