We have a few families with only one parent connected to their child in Advancements. Today someone reached out and asked how to add their spouse to their son’s profile. I realized I don’t know how to do that because both my wife and I are registered leaders and connected ourselves to our kids years ago, probably with the old Scoutbook system. Is there a easy to follow, step-by-step guide with screenshots showing parents how to add a second parent I can share with this family? Thanks, Ryan

Okay, the steps I took: New Parent: Create an account at https://my.scouting.org/ Current Parent: Navigate to Scoutbook Plus at: https://advancements.scouting.org/ Select ‘Profile’ on the Navigation Bar on the left. Select child from the “Parents / Guardians For” list. Under “Relationships” on the left, select the Plus icon, opening the “Parent/Guardian Invitation” pop-up box. Select the middle tab “Search Scouting ID“, Enter: First Name, Last Name, Date of Birth, and Zip Code. Select the matching record from the below drop down. Select relationship. Click Save. I think this does it.

The parent can log in to Scoutbook Plus, select the Scout then click the + on Relationships and search for the other parent. The second parent will already need a my.scouting.org account in order to be found.

[image] What is all this Relationship stuff and where are my Scoutbook Parents? Using Scoutbook & Scoutbook Plus OK to try to clear this up. Legacy Scoutbook had CONNECTIONS - those were user made to connect an adult to a Scout - leaders or Parents could make connections. Connections attached on SB USER (not name) to another, some people have multiple SB USERS all with no Member ID (MID) or different MIDs. RELATIONSHIPS are what is used in other Scouting Platforms and so many exist. It is RELATIONSHIPS (of a certain order, ex Parent) that allow a user to Register or renew a registration for a Scout. T… @RyanHendrickson here is something I wrote up in forums

@RyanHendrickson That looks correct to me.

Guide to Adding & Connecting a Second Parent

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DonovanMcNeil August 23, 2025, 5:11pm 3

@RyanHendrickson here is something I wrote up in forums

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