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[quote=Anonymous]I have a 14yo and a 10yo in GS.

My 14yo joined when she was 9. She just got her silver award a few months ago.

She likes having a peer group that's not especially connected to her school friends (only one girl in the group is in her high school). I think it's nice for them to have some neutral ground.

She LOVES camp. She loves the service projects they've done, too.

10yo - seems to go back and forth. That troop is a lot bigger and I think she's still finding her footing in it. She loves camping and wishes this troop did more. We have a son who's in Boy Scouts and honestly that would be a more exciting curriculum for my 10yo.

Our council offers "Journey in a Day" programs where you can go to an event that's 6-7 hours long and knock out all the requirements.

I don't believe in forcing kids into things they don't like--and all 3 of my kids enjoy scouting. But I have to say... if I as an adult were concerned with scouting making my kids uncool... or if that was their reason for not wanting to do something... I'd probably want to take a good hard look at my values. I also hope they would replace that activity with something more enriching than spending more time on snapchat or video games. [/quote]

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