Many parents in my Pack and Troop have been receiving these messages when they log into Scoutbook Plus “Your relationship to the following youth needs to be validated or access will become limited on 12/31/25:” Why is this happening? These are all parents who have been members and connected to the…

See this change log [image] July 16, 2025 Scoutbook Plus Updates Scoutbook - Scoutbook Plus Change Log Bug Fixes Calendar Events An issue with adding new parents to existing calendar events has been fixed. An issue with removing members from existing calendar…

This is not a calendar issue or a problem with new parents. This is parents who have been connected to their children for years in Scoutbook and my.scouting.org receiving messages that they need to validate their relationships.

@LaurenAtkins Not all parents connected in Scoutbook are connected in my.scouting.org and thus must be validated by a parent connected in my.scouting.org . Did you click on the link to read the entire change log entry regarding connections?

But some of them are as they are the parent who pays their child’s renewal through my.scouting.org . Is there a way to see all who receive this message so as the Committee Chair I can connect parents to their scouts?

Parent Name and the Account (Membership # or MID of the parent) are very different things. Many users have several MIDs. There are solutions being worked on for Key3 to have more visibility on this issue.

@LaurenAtkins You, as committee chair can connect the parents but the existing parent in my.scouting.org will still need to respond to an e-mail to validate the connection. Parents receiving the message who are listed in my.scouting.org are getting it because there are other parents connected in S…

Do you have a recommendation for best way to manage this? Should I ask all parents to log in and see if they get that message, then ask the other parent to add them or should they notify me?

Relationships/Connections need to be validated

Scoutbook Using Scoutbook & Scoutbook Plus

edavignon August 5, 2025, 3:57pm 2

See this change log

Topic		Replies	Views
Relationship verification Using Scoutbook & Scoutbook Plus	48	1091	January 21, 2026
What is all this Relationship stuff and where are my Scoutbook Parents? Using Scoutbook & Scoutbook Plus	22	544	August 21, 2025
Relationship Verification Needed message Scoutbook & Scoutbook Plus Bugs	3	138	October 19, 2025
Relationship Verification Needed Using Scoutbook & Scoutbook Plus	6	161	August 4, 2025
Relationship Verification Bug Scoutbook & Scoutbook Plus Bugs	21	196	February 10, 2026

Relationships/Connections need to be validated

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