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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please start your own GS tropp, rather than join BSA.  Let's take a look, shall we:  they abuse boys and move molesters around the country, cover-up the assaults, and when about to go bankrupt, come up with an idea to allow girls (the 50% they've excluded for decades, and fortunately, spared from the abuse).

The GS troop is 100% leader dependant.  Get a good one and you are golden - my daughter started as a daisy and ended as a caddette, earning her gold award.  Why not be a part of the solution?[/quote]

OP here, I would LOVE to have my child join a troop, but as I said, the troops at her school are a mess. I work full-time and already coach sports for two kids across two seasons, I don't have time to also lead Girl Scouts. It would be great if other parents stepped up, but they don't want to, and the ones who did aren't willing to let new girls join and are threatening to disband the troop altogether at this point because they are upset that some girls that joined "without permission" <-- they don't need permission, all are supposed to be welcome. It's a mess.

And yes, I have concerns about BSA and the past abuse, too, which is why I am asking this question.[/quote]

I have a friend who runs a troop and she only wants girls whose parents have proven they aren't flakes. She is tired of calling and texting both parents 20 times asking for a form to be filled out or money for the horseback outing and getting ignored. I'm not saying I agree but this is the thought process. A lot of parents think Scouts is something they can just drop their kid off and pick them up an hour later with no involvement; they don't understand the work that is put in.[/quote]

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