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[quote=Anonymous]Pet peeve -- it is GSUSA, not GSA.   Just for your information.

My kids have been involved in both Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.  They had a nice group of kids in their pack/troop and some great adult leaders.  My kids weren't big into organized sports, and for them, having scouts was a way to be with other kids, in the outdoors, usually, or taking interesting field trips.  They learned a ton of skills and yes, did some crafts.   They both learned campcraft (how to set up tents, start fires, use jackknives, cook over a fire or in the outdoors), went fishing and boating and hiking and snowboarding....

Of course my kids could have done these things with me as a family, but it was great having them do it as part of a troop.  The Boy Scouts seem more geared towards working in patrols and having the boys practice leadership through that method.  The girls did things more as a troop, with a committee based system of organizing things.  For example, in my son's troop, kids camp by patrols, and plan meals as a patrol and cook as a patrol.  In my daughter's troop, the girls all cook for the whole troop.  One patrol might plan and do breakfast, one will plan and cook lunch, etc.  But everything is run at the troop level.  Either way they are learning planning skills.[/quote]

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