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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a pretty big Scout fan I am fairly confident that girl troops will be fine additions to Scouting.  My kids have gone to coed camps for years and never had any issues.  The girls will just be in Camp Section A and the bathrooms will be girls only.

Having some girls in a merit badge class at camp isn’t going to freak out anyone.

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I don't understand why a small group of girl parents feel privileged to take away the one organization that serves boys and young men.

Create your own organization...oh wait, you already have girl scouts.[/quote]

DD has left GS for BS.  Why you ask when she can do everything in GS that she can in BS?  Well, in theory, you are correct.  But in practice, it wasn't happening.  DD is an outdoor kid.  She loves to camp, hike, rock climb, rafting, canoeing, etc.  She does not like crafts or animal shelters.  Her troop was not interested in anything she is interested in.

Step up and lead you say.  I did.  I'm the trained level leader, the camp trained mom, and the first aid mom.  I can step in and fulfill any role necessary to support the troop on an outdoor activity.  Then plan the activity you say.  I did that too---multiple times.  Inevitably, the girls in the troop backed out of the activity for one reason or another.  Find another troop that better meets your DDs needs you say.  I tried that as well.  I attended our SU meetings in order to find a troop.  I reached out to GSCNC for troop ideas.  I did not get responses from council and the troop leaders I met at the SU meetings indicated that their troop was like ours--not an outdoor oriented troop.  Start your own troop you say.  I tried that too.  I advertised it as a troop focused on outdoor activities and service projects.  I got some limited interest but most people wanted to know if I would do more crafts and wanted to ensure that they really wouldn't have to be involved.

So we joined the organization that does the type of activities that DD enjoys.  It's not that GS doesn't offer these type of activities.  It's that, in this area, GS does not seem to attract girls interested in outdoor activities.

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Then form a different subset of Girl Scouts.

Stop trying to take away the one organization for young men and boys.[/quote]

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