A Tufts University study released in 2015 found that children in Scouts became "significantly more cheerful, helpful, kind, obedient, trustworthy, and hopeful about their future than non-Scouts.” (Recognize any of those attributes from the Scout Law?) Scouts were more likely than non-Scouts to embrace positive social values.

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Ask a Scout what’s most important to them, and they were more likely to respond with answers like “helping others” or “doing the right thing.” Ask a non-Scout the same thing, and they were likely to say “being smart” or “being the best.”