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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She can be a Juliette or join a new troop.

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+1. I'm a Girl Scout leader and was a Girl Scout through high school. The social dynamics in troops just get more challenging as girls get older, but there are so many opportunities for older girls at the same time. In our service unit, there are cadette and older troops or at least informal groups that are more interest focused (outdoors, high adventure, etc.) and not the typical meeting and badge work structure. Something like that or signing up as an independent Girl Scout (Juliette) may be a good fit for her.

It's hard for even well meaning leaders, because you just can't social engineer group dynamics with middle schoolers the way you can with early elementary aged girls. You can't force older kids to be friends inside of Scouts just like you can't outside of Scouts. They all may be nice girls, but just different and don't vibe well or share similar interests. It's hard to tell what's going on in OP's troop, but I switched troops as an older Scout a few times, then ended up just bored with the meetings and stayed in Scouts as a Juliette.[/quote]

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