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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like you're already stretched pretty thin based on your OP.  Are you sure you need to join another activity to help DS make friends?  Your time might be better spent setting up a play date for him every other week or so, to strengthen friendships with kids from school, sports or swimming.

I'm generally team GSA on these threads, but I just don't see how you shoehorn another thing in for either kid right now.  Maybe when they're both strong swimmers and you can drop that activity, but since it's for safety I wouldn't drop it until then.[/quote]

I would agree with this.

But, if you really want to squeeze in one more thing, Cub Scouts sounds more valuable for your son. As PPs have said both BSA/GSA are highly dependent on the troop so experiences can vary a lot. My son did Cub Scouts and briefly BSA, daughter did GSA but would have preferred BSA if it had been coed when she was younger. I thought the "Journey" structure in GSA was stupid, ended up being a lot of IMO pointless arts and crafts and not much learning actual skills, unlike the badge focus of Cub Scouts. Cubs did, however, require more out-of-meeting time from parents to help with badges and projects like pinewood derby. DS and DH enjoyed that but something to be aware of if you are already stretched thin. GSA did help my DD get to know other girls in her grade and didn't ask much of the parents since it met at school during aftercare. But if she'd been busier with other activities it would have been the first thing to drop and she did drop it in 5th grade.[/quote]

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