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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here

Gonna try clarifying the conversation about Scouts again. I informed him that the girls would not be integrated into his troop or camps. He was not aware that this is the case. He was relieved to know this. This wasn’t me trying to make him think like me. This was me giving him facts about the situation in our particular area. When he said it teaches them to be men, I asked him for examples of what he learned that’s only for men. This is a reasonable question. Again, I wasn’t asking him to think like me. Just asking him to explain what he meant by that specifically. He knew that I was a GS leader and asked me why they don’t just stick with that program. He was genuinely confused as to why they would feel the need to transfer, which is understandable. He thought they were lateral programs. In our area, Boy Scouts is a much superior program. So I answered him and explained why they feel the need to switch. I gave him examples such as the water safety badge - in BD this was several days of lifesaving training. It was rigorous. For GS, the water safety badge was a 30 min class at a water park and then they got to go play the rest of the day.

I’m not sure what I should have done differently. I realize my response wasn’t perfect but I also don’t think it was F’d up enough to send him down this rabbit hole. [/quote]

Simple solution.  Move him to a troop that has girls.  Both our Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts are fully integrated.  Its great.  You can easily transfer him so I don't get the drama.  Its ok for kids to be in gender specific groups, but its not my preference.[/quote]

That seems like the opposite of the solution.  He's telling the op he wants a male-only space.  Why would she put him in an integrated troop if that was the case?  He feels unheard.  This sort of move would simply confirm that as fact. [/quote]

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