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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From all these comments I'm reading. 
So some troops are lead by moms who knows other moms and thus, start a troop?

Maybe the GS leaders should publicized their programs more effectively to attract girls and admit them without having to be a friend with the mom's who's running the troop. Maybe if they get more interesting moms running the troop, then they would focus more on the same thing. It sounds like there are too much variety in the GS troops. 
[b]The BS has a set program and they try to follow it as much as possible to get those badges. [/b][i]
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That's really one of the fundamental differences between BSA and GSUSA.  Girl Scouts offers several different badges and journeys and experience, to help develop girls into strong, independent leaders.  The whole idea is to be girl-led and to let each troop, and even each girl, chose the activities and badges that are right for them.  It's far less perscriptive than BSA.  I, personally, think that's a good thing, but if you want a specific, set curriculum, then that wouldn't be right for you.

And I learned in this thread why GS troops are so much harder to find than BSA troops.  I had no idea that BSA didn't have max adult:kids rations and that troops accepted large numbers like that!  As a PP said, GS has really strict ratios for registered adults to girls.  So girls don't at all have to "be friend with the mom's who's running the troop" but it's true that troops fill up quickly.  If more girls want to join, more parents (moms and dads) need to volunteer to run troops.  As for finding "more interesting moms" to run the troops... I have no idea how they can evaluate that.  I'm a leader and think we do awesome fun things with the kids, but I'm sure for some people what my troop finds interesting wouldn't be what they find interesting. The awesome part of GS is that you can usually find a troop that suits your tastes![/quote]

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