Quote Originally Posted by perdidochas View Post
My boys' troop requires the buddy system until they are Star scouts. It's an incentive to reach that rank. It also makes it so that the Scouts sleeping solo are fairly experienced and thus can be trusted. My oldest is almost Second/First Class (has about the same left on both ranks), and is looking forward to becoming a Star Scout so that he can start hammocking, at least part time.
I really like that approach. Seems balanced and provides the right kind of incentive. Good job.