Is anyone on here connected with the BSA?..I was curious about the current average age and the age at which someone can become a "Boy Scout"..I remember when I was in the scouts back in the late 60`s-very early 70`s you needed to be 12 to join the Boy Scouts and the average age of the boys in the troops were mid-late teens (They had the Cub Scouts and Webelo`s for younger boys)...Recently on my day hikes (And at shopping centers) I`ve run into troops of Boy Scouts and all the boys looked like they were 10-11 years old...Today in fact I passed an entire troop of Boy Scouts (Not Cub Scouts) on the trail and of the 20 boys maybe 1 looked older than 12....My question is..Is scouting something older boys no longer do?..Do they drop out of it at a much younger age than in my youth?...I wonder if the internet and access to loads of info allows people to get out on their own easier and there isn`t as much use for official groups to learn or go on outings