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[quote=Anonymous]GS is different because if you join at the youngest age, you essentially have to form your own troop.  I did that for my DD and now we have a MASSIVE troop because no one else wanted to start a troop, but everybody wanted to join one once it existed.  Luckily we have a lot of involved parents but we can't add anyone else next year because it's just not feasible.  I always offer to help parents find a placement or support them getting a troop off the ground, but even with the volunteer ratios met there comes a point where a troop is too big to manage a meeting well. That said, in GS the girls choose the focus, and ours want to camp, go climbing, and volunteer.  So that's what we're doing.

My understanding from friends whose kids are Cub Scouts is that the troops are always there waiting for new kids and parents can just sign a kid up, pay a fee, and get slotted in even mid-year, so it's more like like joining a church than heading up a local offshoot of an established charity.[/quote]

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