 Peter <unk> , an editor of The New York Times , wrote in 2003 of his experience as an adult participating with his son in Scouting activities , " I feel lucky to have had this unexpected vehicle to share my son 's youth , to shape it , and to be shaped by it as well . " He concluded that , although Scouting is viewed by some as old @-@ fashioned , " Scouting 's core values ... are wonderful building blocks for a movement and a life . Scouting 's genuinely egalitarian goals and instincts are more important now than they 've ever been . It 's one of the only things that kids do that 's genuinely cooperative , not competitive . " : 319 – 320 
