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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a Girl Scout leader, too, and I originally said no phones when we went on overnights. But we have one girl who is an only child living with just her mom and her mom said she always carries her phone to be able to communicate with her mom and that she'd want to call to say goodnight, etc. So she brought hers, and I basically said, "we're here to socialize with friends, so you're welcome to use your phone to contact mom, but we're not playing games on it with friends." And she was cool with that, and her mom felt better that she had her phone with her (girl was about 9 at the time).

Now, I've applied that rule to everyone (girls are 10-12). They are welcome to bring phones on our trips. But I just tell them that we're not out the woods to play on electronics. They are welcome to call/text their parents, take photos, look up something, etc. But it's not for games, social media, etc. We haven't had a problem with that, and I haven't seen any girl abusing her phone privileges.

My friend is a GS leader, too. She allows her troop to use phones on the car ride up and back but they get put in a basket on the actual trip.  [/quote]

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