Ah, you exceeded my limits of knowledge regarding LDS Scouting. Something I heard along the way and observed at district/council camping events.
Oh, ok. No worries, didn’t mean to stump you. I was just trying to run the information down to its logical conclusion and not deal in assumptions...just curious because most don’t know the LDS run their programs like that.
I’ve seen where all the units were registered independently and then dual registered the boys into Scouts so that they could attend Scouting activities and finish up any advancement.
When I was asked to help an an LDS unit, that is what I did since our total numbers never exceeded 12 in the ward I was helping. There was just no real practical way for the older guys to learn and demonstrate real leadership with any where from 1-4 youth in a group.
I combined them so that they functioned and operated like a conventional unit instead of segregated amongst age groups.
I saw the same in other LDS units when we went as a contingent to summer camp one year...although there was a couple of wards that had some numbers in the 12-14 age group (Scouts), it wasn’t the norm. The lack of experienced youth leadership in those units showed and the adults were kept quite busy.