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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have two cub scouts. I like that its boys only. The boys are more comfortable this way. There are girls that attend as siblings and they rarely participate. They go off into their own corner and do their own thing. I'm certain that if I asked my 10 yr old he would say no to adding girls.[/quote]

Why are the girls there? Would they partipate if someone created a den for them? Seems pointless to just hang out.[/quote]

My daughter goes because she has to.  I can't leave her at home.  For cub scouts, I have to stay.  I'm hoping that by boy scouts it is drop off.[/quote]

So if you have to stay, and you have to bring your girls, and other parents do too.... how can your boys say they like that cub scouts is boys only?   Obviously there are girls there, just not really doing anything.

Why would it be any skin of their noses if the girls were off in their own girl-only cub scout den at the same time that the boys were in their boy only cub scout den?

Wouldn't that make it easier for you as a parent?[/quote]

DP but that's not how it works.  The dens all meet at different times and places so even if there was a girls' den, it wouldn't help with the childcare problem.  this is another difference with GS, actually--with GS, the expectation is that you will drop off because they are trying to foster girls' independence.  With cub scouts, parents are expected to stay so you end up with a bunch of younger sibs (girls and boys) playing on iPhones or tablets.  [/quote]

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