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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Girl and Boy Scout.  All of it.  What a waste of time.  [/quote]
Do not agree with this one. Girl Scouts (what I am familiar with, i have girls) is really affordable (And GSUSA gives schloarships for books, uniforms, very easy process for that)
If you get involved in the camping it's fun, and the girl scout camps (overnight and day camps) are a bargain for some fill-in weeks for the summer. Even the troop camping at the local camps during the school year for the weekend was a blast. But you need to have a GS camp certified adult, which means one mom needs to give up her weekend and go camping with a bunch of other moms, and that was no fun. It's all done by middle school too (mostly). A good activity, esp for the non-athletic girls. [/quote]

Yup.  Girl Scouts has been fantastic for my 5th grader.  She's not athletic and had really found a great group of girls in her troop.  It's also by far the easiest and most flexible extracurricular any of my kids do.  If she misses a meeting, literally no one cares.  She's currently working on her bronze award with 3 other girls in her troop, and it's been fantastic to see her independence develop.  Most of the girls in the troop aren't doing it, and that's fine too.  Starting next year she's excited to apply for the Destinations programs across the country, and eventually around the world.  
I can totally see how Scouting wouldn't be a fun activity for some kids, but I have a hard time understanding how someone could really regret it.  [/quote]

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