AIMS OF SCOUTING
All levels of the Scouting program share three specific objectives: character development, citizenship training, and personal fitness.
Character
One is growth in moral strength and character. We may define this as what the boy is himself; his personal qualities, his values, his outlook.
Citizenship
A second is participating citizenship. Used broadly, citizenship means the boy's relationship to others. He comes to learn obligations to other people, to the society
he lives in, and to the government that presides over that society.
Fitness
A third aim of Boy Scouting is development of physical, mental, and emotional fitness. Fitness includes the body (well-tuned and healthy), the mind (able to think
and solve problems), and the emotions (self-control, courage, and self-respect).
Character
One is growth in moral strength and character. We may define this as what the boy is himself; his personal qualities, his values, his outlook.
Citizenship
A second is participating citizenship. Used broadly, citizenship means the boy's relationship to others. He comes to learn obligations to other people, to the society
he lives in, and to the government that presides over that society.
Fitness
A third aim of Boy Scouting is development of physical, mental, and emotional fitness. Fitness includes the body (well-tuned and healthy), the mind (able to think
and solve problems), and the emotions (self-control, courage, and self-respect).