The main goal of the research was to determine the parental perception of scout activities of lower and upper primary school students. The research participants were 114 respondents from three primary schools in Zagreb. The participants filled out an online questionnaire. The results of the research showed that for almost all variables, the parents of upper primary school students (5th – 8th grades) have more positive perception of scouting activities than the parents of lower primary school students (1st-4th grades). The results also showed that parents are generally well acquainted with the scout movement and the values it represents, but their knowledge is generally not based on the promotion of the scout movement, but on the parents’ general knowledge. The results of the t - test did not show statistically significant differences in the most measured variables between the parents of lower and upper grade students, so it can be concluded that all parents perceive scouting activities equally positively. An analysis of possible gender-based differences showed that both women and men have a similar understanding of the scout movement, that is, that there are no significant differences in the perception of gender-based scouting activities.