Report Thailand Waves Goodbye to Costly Scout Uniforms, Eases Parent Woes

[NorthernRyland]

2 hours ago, George FmplesdaCosteedback said:

That's the whole point, anything compulsory tends to be a target for profiteering.

 

They had this uniform for years right? Are people getting poorer or has this always been a problem? I didn't realize it was such a problem so if people really can't afford it then of course they need to go. 

[jcmj]

I think they should definitely keep uniforms, but only 1 style. Not a different one for every day of the week.  Gets expensive and if there are allowed to wear anything they want, there will be more issues with the “Keeping up with the Jones” and unfortunately some of the kids will start stealing the good stuff because they can’t afford it. Cheap enough to buy a couple uniforms for a week and call it done. 

[connda]

On 4/24/2025 at 10:53 AM, Emdog said:

When I was a boy..... scouts were totally optional, something you had to seek out, not mandatory by any means. This was in USA. I did cub scouts, but didn't go for boy scouts... whole structure seemed a tad too Nazi for my taste

I was a cub scout and an explorer when I was a kid.  The Explorer troop was a bunch of juvenile delinquents and misfits - we had a grand time together. 

[Rimmer]

A post with an altered quote into Thai Language has been removed.

@UserC923  Please don't do this as it is confusing and against forum rules, thank you:

 

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[Aussie999]

On 4/24/2025 at 3:28 PM, khunPer said:

 

Girls are not scouts, they are called "guides", so "boy scouts" is correct...

Get with the times... There are Girls Scouts, a simple search will bring to up to days thinking

[khunPer]

3 hours ago, Aussie999 said:

Get with the times... There are Girls Scouts, a simple search will bring to up to days thinking

TIT (This is Thailand) and so is the subject of the thread, I'm referring to what happen here, not what Google stores for the rest of the World...

[Aussie999]

32 minutes ago, khunPer said:

TIT (This is Thailand) and so is the subject of the thread, I'm referring to what happen here, not what Google stores for the rest of the World...

ok...but in my defense, you weren't specific.