Scouts in Belgium is huge, because it’s 1) fun apparently (I’m not Belgian myself) and 2) it’s cheap daycare lol.
It creates a huge amount of community feeling among their members and the kids often stay member for well into their adult life. There are some issues like alcohol abuse and I’m sure not everything will be done correctly but it’s a good way to build a sense of community at a young age.
I remember being offered warm wine at about 5am one morning, aged 10. We were all up with the ‘sunrise’ because the rain was so heavy that (a) nobody could sleep through the noise and (b) the river burst its bank, the field flooded, and half our tents were floating. Can’t remember how old I was when I realised we’d been given warm blackcurrent juice.
Scouts in Belgium is huge, because it’s 1) fun apparently (I’m not Belgian myself) and 2) it’s cheap daycare lol.
It creates a huge amount of community feeling among their members and the kids often stay member for well into their adult life. There are some issues like alcohol abuse and I’m sure not everything will be done correctly but it’s a good way to build a sense of community at a young age.
I remember being offered warm wine at about 5am one morning, aged 10. We were all up with the ‘sunrise’ because the rain was so heavy that (a) nobody could sleep through the noise and (b) the river burst its bank, the field flooded, and half our tents were floating. Can’t remember how old I was when I realised we’d been given warm blackcurrent juice.