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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If we were to do it again, I’d pick Scouts (or whatever Boy Scouts are called now) over Brownies/GS. The regular scouts do much more outdoor activities and camping. [/quote]

My DD’s troop does camping all the time. That’s what her troop likes to focus on. That is a good thing about GS- the girls choose which activities to focus on.[/quote]

Yes. If the leader is open to that. Ours isn’t. Or parent input. [/quote]

Have you actually volunteered to get campout trained and plan and lead a campout? Because I have three parents who swore up and down they would get campout trained and do all the planning and leading for campouts, and guess what? It's three years later and they all keep saying "oh yeah, I need to do that" and then never do.[/quote]

We’ve never heard a peep about that being a possibility. [/quote]

Have you asked? Have you looked into it? Are YOU signed up as a volunteer for the troop? You don't need permission to do that, you can just do it. You can also contact GSCNC and find out who your membership rep is and talk to them about your concerns. They'll get you in touch with your service unit leader who can help solve the problems that you have your kid's leaders.[/quote]

What I'm trying to say is that if you have your child in Girl Scouts because you want them to learn how to be a leader and gain some independence then you should also be willing to work to solve the problems that you have instead of just complaining. We had a few parents like you early on. They just complained, complained, complained but didn't actually volunteer to do anything. Thankfully they left the troop. Our troop is thriving without those families -- as the girls get older, they do so much more![/quote]

Agree, you can go into your girl scouts account and sign up as a volunteer for different roles and get trainings. Ideally your leaders will welcome that. If they don't it may be because they're used to families saying "we should do this amazing thing that will be lots of work to arrange but I'll help" but then don't follow through. So then you have a group of girls wanting to do said amazing thing and your stuck disappointing them or planning it yourself. Stop they may be wary of accepting new volunteers.

If you give a concrete suggestion and a plan to follow through, hopefully they'll be amenable. Otherwise maybe look for another troop

To op, girl scouts seems worthwhile. My troop is becoming Cadettes next year and it looks like there are a lot of opportunities even through high school ! [/quote]

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