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[quote=Anonymous]I led a troop when DD was in K. It was not cliquey. All were welcome. While some leaders limit numbers, I wanted to be as inclusive as possible and literally called every K parent. When kids expressed interest after the troop was established, I turned away nobody. In the younger grades it was a really heterogeneous group. Sporty girls. Girly girls. Quiet girls. Loud girls. Artsy girls. Outdoorsy girls. Some girls who had model behavior and others who climbed the furniture. As the years passed, girls dropped off and new girls came. In 5th grade there was some age expected grouping off within the troop as some girls were just naturally tighter. To deal with that, we mixed up those girls with other partners for activities and as roommates on camping trips.  We did have one girl who attempted to wield power by exclusionary behavior which led my own DD to want to quit. Otherwise by middle school, the girls who were left weren’t what I’d call popular or cliquey (my own DD was painfully shy). [/quote]

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