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Standing Tall

Cub Scouts · Adventure, Required

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Standing Tall helps you keep yourself safe. You'll learn about personal space, make smart rules for devices, and use the right safety gear. Knowing these things helps you feel confident.

Why it's worth it

Standing Tall helps you take care of yourself, in person and online. You'll learn the Protect Yourself Rules for Bears, think about who belongs close to you, and help your family make rules for phones, tablets, and games. You'll also find out which safety gear protects your head, eyes, and hands, and how to wear it right.

Start this week

  1. Ask your parent or guardian to pick a calm time to watch the Bear Protect Yourself Rules video together.
  2. Make a list of the devices in your home that connect to the internet.
  3. Gather safety gear you already have, like a bike helmet, swim goggles, or work gloves.
  4. Think of one question about being online that you'd like to ask a grown-up.

Stay safe

  • If someone online asks for your name, school, photos, or to keep a secret, stop and tell a trusted adult right away.

Requirements · 4

Every official requirement and part, numbered to match Scouting America, in plain language. Sign off against the official wording (opens in a new tab).

  1. Requirement 1

    With your parent or legal guardian's permission, watch the Bear Protect Yourself Rules video

    Tip: Watch the video with a parent or guardian and pause to talk about questions.

  2. Requirement 2

    Complete the Personal Space Bubble worksheet from the Protect Yourself Rules resources

    Tip: Fill out the worksheet with your grown-up and talk about who is inside your bubble.

    For example: On the Personal Space Bubble worksheet, you might put family in your closest bubble, friends and teachers in the next, and people you don't know in the outer ones. Talk about why.

  3. Requirement 3

    Work with your parent or legal guardian to create a family digital device policy

    Tip: Agree with your family on screen time, where devices stay, and what to do if something online feels wrong.

    For example: Your family's device policy might say: screens off an hour before bed, games after homework, ask before downloading anything, and tell a grown-up if someone online asks for personal information.

  4. Requirement 4

    Identify common safety gear for the head, eyes, mouth, hands, and feet and how each item protects you; show the right way to use safety gear for an activity

    Tip: Gather a helmet, goggles, mask, gloves, and sturdy shoes, then show how to wear them for an activity like biking.

    For example: For biking: a helmet for your head, sunglasses for your eyes, gloves for your hands, and closed-toe shoes for your feet. For sanding wood: safety glasses and a dust mask.

Talk about it together

  • Who is in your closest bubble, and how do you know you can trust them?
  • What would you do if something online made you feel confused or scared?
  • Which family device rule do you think matters most?
  • Which safety gear do you wear most, and what does it protect you from?

Good questions to ask your parent or guardian

  • Who can I talk to if something feels wrong and you're not there?
  • What should I do if someone online asks for my name or picture?
  • Why do we have the device rules we have?

Helpful reads

For leaders & parents

  • Send the video and worksheet home so families can do them together.
  • Set up a safety gear station with real items for scouts to try on.

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Tips, examples, and questions are ideas from experienced leaders, not extra requirements. Your unit leader or counselor decides when a requirement is complete.