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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you want anything remotely like a traditional scout experience for your daughter, you are just going to need to go to an all-girl Scouts BSA troop and have her go to summer camp with them.  GSUSA camps are crazy woke-mob places.[/quote]

And BSA covers up sex abuse scandals. Pick your poison. Gender non conforming teens >>> sexual predators, but that’s my opinion.[/quote]

BSA has evolved. If you look at any of the BSA handbooks you would know that the very first thing you come across is a pamphlet that parents are supposed to read regarding sexual abuse, bullying, and harassment. The pamphlet discusses how you can identify if something might be happening, how to report it, and what BSA doing to decrease the likelihood that a Scout will have an issue in their Pack or Troop. All BSA leaders go through training that is required every other year. My sons Troop does not allow a parent to attend an event with the Scouts unless they have completed the Youth Protection Training. All the Parents are reminded that no Scout should be contacted by an adult leader without at least one other adult on the email.

So yes, BSA screwed this up badly in the past. It is possible that there are Packs and Troops not following the guidelines that BSA has put in place to try and prevent future abuse. BSA is like Girl Scouts in the sense that it is volunteer led and that each Troop/Pack takes on the flavor of the Volunteers leading it. That is why kids in this area can have a very different experience in a Girl Scout Troop (some camp and hike and do a ton of outdoor activities and some don't), because the kids and Parent Volunteers bring different interests and ideas to each Troop. BSA is no different. But the over all organization is responding in a manner that makes me feel very comfortable with my son participating in a Troop but we picked our Troop carefully and asked a ton of questions about how the adults interact with the boys and what their policies are. We talked with our son about the requirements and what to do if he finds himself receiving individual emails or alone with an adult in his Troop. We had the same conversation about sports and summer camps.

I would do the same if I had a daughter participating in Girl Scouts.

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