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Growing a thick skin and becoming selectively deaf might help also.
Welcome to fatherhood and good luck!
We have 7 children and my on on one time is normally taking the child out shopping with me. They get to pick the special treats and we can chat away about many topics while driving to and fro.
The older ones would be involved in Cubs at this age, but at different levels so you could be involved in different projects with each.
Also, from my experience Cub Scouting generally involves the whole family in the fun activities such as visits to ballgames, the zoo, etc., so if you want to bring the younger ones along sometimes, that's ok.
One additional piece of advice; try not to feel that you have to justify to your kids everything that you do. I know we all swore that we'd never say "Because I'm your father and I said so," but darn it, that's the right answer in a lot of these situations! As the father of four (ages 21 down to 12) I don't think I've said it more than a couple of times, but I've thought it a couple of thousand times!
I'm not a dad, but I just wanted to throw this out there in case it helps:
Perhaps you could schedule all your one-on-one time with each child in advance? You could make a big production of putting each of their dates on the calendar in colorful letters. Then when one child sees that you're heading out with his brother, you could tell him, "Oh, I can't WAIT until October when our special time is coming up! Be thinking about what you want to do!" That way they have a concrete date to look forward to and they know exactly when their time is coming.
Just a thought.