Can boys join Girls On The Run?

[Anonymous]

DS’s bestie is going to join GOTR soon. They have been friends since pre-K and we asked for them to be placed in the same class every year. He would like to do GOTR with her.

Is it open to boys?

[Anonymous]

He can run with her outside of the program

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS’s bestie is going to join GOTR soon. They have been friends since pre-K and we asked for them to be placed in the same class every year. He would like to do GOTR with her.

Is it open to boys?

Sorry but this is one of the few places for girls only. Surely, your son/best buddy aren't joined at the hip he and can let her do something for girls only? Try 'kids on the run' if your son wants to run otherwise stay out of girl only space.

[Anonymous]

This is something you easily could have googled, so I’m guessing you posted this because you have an ax to grind.

[Anonymous]

No. And use the opportunity to help him understand the motivation behind programs like this for girls. If he is elementary age, he can understand it.

[Anonymous]

You could look at RunFitKidz. My son did that in the fall and loved it.

[Anonymous]

fyi GOTR isn't just about running. Half the program is non-running related.

But as a long-time former coach, we had another coach who would bring her son to practices. Frankly it was annoying, because he was always trying to compete (and competition isn't the point). It's not fun for girls when the boy tries to "win" and be first, because he may have a physical advantage.

[Anonymous]

Please don't. That is against the entire point of the group. If my DD were participating, I'd be super pissed at you. You aren't respecting the purpose of this organization.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please don't. That is against the entire point of the group. If my DD were participating, I'd be super pissed at you. You aren't respecting the purpose of this organization.

But won't someone think of the boooyyyyysssssss

/sarcasm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please don't. That is against the entire point of the group. If my DD were participating, I'd be super pissed at you. You aren't respecting the purpose of this organization.

But won't someone think of the boooyyyyysssssss

/sarcasm

Someone in our third grade chat asked if there was a Boys on the Run. Bro....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. And use the opportunity to help him understand the motivation behind programs like this for girls. If he is elementary age, he can understand it.

Actually most boys don’t understand it at all. Unless OP wants to start her kid down the disgruntled male path I would suggest she completely lies about this and deflects questions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please don't. That is against the entire point of the group. If my DD were participating, I'd be super pissed at you. You aren't respecting the purpose of this organization.

But won't someone think of the boooyyyyysssssss

/sarcasm

Someone in our third grade chat asked if there was a Boys on the Run. Bro....

I mean, in my kid’s elementary school, there in fact was no club for boys running. There was zero that was just for boys, but a lot that was just for girls. The boys notice, and you better be prepared for how you will explain it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please don't. That is against the entire point of the group. If my DD were participating, I'd be super pissed at you. You aren't respecting the purpose of this organization.

But won't someone think of the boooyyyyysssssss

/sarcasm

Someone in our third grade chat asked if there was a Boys on the Run. Bro....

I mean, in my kid’s elementary school, there in fact was no club for boys running. There was zero that was just for boys, but a lot that was just for girls. The boys notice, and you better be prepared for how you will explain it.

Are you similarly flummoxed that there’s not a White History Month

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please don't. That is against the entire point of the group. If my DD were participating, I'd be super pissed at you. You aren't respecting the purpose of this organization.

But won't someone think of the boooyyyyysssssss

/sarcasm

Someone in our third grade chat asked if there was a Boys on the Run. Bro....

I mean, in my kid’s elementary school, there in fact was no club for boys running. There was zero that was just for boys, but a lot that was just for girls. The boys notice, and you better be prepared for how you will explain it.

It's very easy to explain. If boys were allowed into "Girls on the Run" they would undermine the empowerment message and safe space for girls to build confidence and self-esteem in a girls-only environment. Boys don't need that sort of empowerment -- they are empowered by society and as they grow older they will internalize that in ways subtle and overt. This is also a useful lesson in what is equal and what is fair are not the same thing. No one is stopping them from running themselves or even organizing their own boys club to run if that's what they want to do. But any sense of entitlement that they should be allowed into a girls-only club only reinforces why that exclusive club exists in the first place.

[Anonymous]

Let Me Run is a running program for boys, similar to GOTR.