Cub Scout to Man Scout

A few years ago we met a family at a neighbor's party. They had two young children, one girl and one boy. The boy was in Cub Scouts. Since I was a Scout as well my son was, so I got into a nice conversation with the dad about Scouting. They live several blocks away, but every year their boy would appear at our door in his Cub Scout uniform to sell us popcorn, the big Scouting annual fundraiser. As he aged, he soon became a cute little kid in his Boy Scout uniform ringing the doorbell.

This past year, I didn't even recognize him when he showed up at our door. I was puzzled he seemed to know me, and it was so embarrassing when he had to tell me who he was.

Now he is at age 12, he had grown quite a bit since last year, put on weight and muscle. Interesting that his voice had already changed into a deep masculine tone. It was all I could do not to stare at him up and down because he had changed so much. He apparently had already gone through some rather dramatic, quick, and fairly early pubertal changes. I think I embarrassed him when I mentioned how much his voice had changed.
 He's only in 7th grade. I'm suspecting he's currently among the most developed boys in his class, which could indeed be embarrassing at times for him.

Some may recall showers and feeling challenged if you are a freak with a massive bush of hairs down there, and insecure of so many strange things about your body. Not sure if kids even shower in PE now, or maybe only if they are in School sports? I suspect the coaches are ready to sign this boy up though.

Former Scout-