[MarMema]

Homeschooling parents, trust yourselves and your instincts.

My 14 year old son is heading for Eagle and just completed his Nuclear Science merit badge in a few weeks. Has only been in Scouting for a year and is about to go Star, with 16 merit badges, 7 of them Eagle.

Both he and his older sister (16) are working toward GED, and we now have to go to the district to get approval for them to take it early. I just got two sets of review books for them to work through as preparation, and what a breeze. They had it all down by sixth grade (thank you A Beka).

[wintertime]

Marmena,

My son is an Eagle Scout. I proudly wear my Mother's Eagle pin every day to work.

Another good thing about homeschooling is that they do not view church or scouting as MORE time in a dull classroom. I observed this while working with the youth at our church. They hated going to church ( or scouting) because it was so much like sitting in a classroom.

On the other hand, my homeschooled kids LOVED going to church, as well as scouting, piano lessons, the youth theater group, and dance class.

[SandRat]

His toughest part of making Eagle is ahead of him and that id the Eagle Project. Work with his Scoutmaster, the troop committe, and the Scout District Advancement Chair to make sure that he follows the rules. When he starts he needs to track all the time that he spends, making phone calls (even just leaving a voice mail), time you spend driving him to, waiting for him, driving him back from any coordination, etc. Have him track and acount for every single minute for every person that helps.