If it's a well-run pack or troop, strongly in favor. The best ones cultivate leadership skills and life skills that are otherwise rarely taught to kids these days.
The kids start cooking in 2nd grade; by 4th grade it's bigger cooking projects; and by the time they are Boy Scouts they have to plan the meals for their own campouts.
Boy Scouts are organized into patrols, which have to do a lot of planning for their activities, under adult direction. This teaches a lot of important skills (consensus, taking care of practical details, working with people who have different opinions, etc.)
