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[quote=Anonymous]My experience is that the mixed gender works well for grades k-3 and then, if the girls are a minority, they end up really excluded in grades 4-5.  It’s just really hard at that age — the genders don’t mix well.  If you had a really small troop maybe it could work with a lot of attention from the adults.

I will say that the last couple of years has been rough for a lot of GS troops.  People didn’t start new troops during the pandemic and it seems like there’s a bad combo of parents not wanting to volunteer and kids being not well socialized.  The troops in my area are really trying hard to come out f that mess, so I’d say don’t give up—I’m hoping we’re nearing the light at the end up the tunnel.  I always encourage parents that can’t be leaders to consider getting trained as the camp certified person.  One big issue is always the lack of camp certified parents — you need at least one to take the kids camping.  It aggravates me that dads do this for the Boy Scouts but neither moms nor dads are willing to do it for their girls.  It doesn’t have to be a mom — a dad or aunt or grandparent can be the camp certified adult.[/quote]

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