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[quote=Anonymous]As a leader, I still believe in the program.  I don't have my girls buy the journey books (I don't even buy them -- I find enough info. on line and make up the rest of it myself).  I get badge resources on line and go beyond the descriptions they give to make it more fun.

When I gave a survey to my troop in May, the number one thing they wanted to do (just a few weeks after our FIRST camping overnight) was to do MORE OUTDOOR stuff.  So, this Sept. we are doing kayaking, archery and a day camp.  The old badges are still available (if you search for the).  We are earning the Aerospace badge in Aug. and Rocks Rock (geology) in Sept.  I tend to lean toward the STEM types of badges b/c they are more hands on and I'm not a touchy-feely person.  We are planning to do the Amuse (Gender stereotypes) journey, but I think we might watch "Brave" the Disney movie and then re-write some of the princess stories to have the princesses be more active in their destinies.

The hard thing about doing more outdoor things is that the parents don't really want to be involved or help or even sit outside long enough to have a picnic!  I never camped before getting certified -- so it's not like I'm a natural camper.  What I find is that most people have plenty of excuses for why they can't step out of their comfort zone and help.  Also, as the girls get older, I find that as a leader I have to learn skills so that I can teach something that is useful -- it's no longer about just leading a discussion on "being helpful" and then coloring a picture.  I am teaching myself to make jewelry so that we can do that badge (hooray for youtube!).  I am learning about satellites and women in space so I can teach that (with videos) for the Aerospace badge... etc.  It takes a lot of time.

I find that parents of girls don't really expect to be involved (they just want to drop off and go), whereas parents of boys (I have a cub scout too) sort of expect that they will have to go camping with the pack, and have to be involved with the boy or they don't join cub/boy scouts.

Girl Scouts is still valuable, but nationals and council sometimes get in the way of what is good about it.[/quote]

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