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[quote=Anonymous]My kids were in GS in elementary (now high school and college), so my information cpuld be dated.  The badges all seemed to be more about subject appreciation than skill mastery.  The only skill they really seemed to stress was selling cookies.  They did some fun activities, but we would do similar activities at home.  Aside from the socializing, there was little draw.  The two different troops fell apart and my girls weren't interested in finding new troops.

What's always seemed appealing to me about boy scouts is that they actually learn how to do things.  I heard once (and I may be wrong) that in the early days of GS to get a badge you had to:

1.  Watch the skill 
2.  Do the skill independently 
3.  Teach the skill

I think if GS had been more skill focused, my girls would have found it more meaningful.  Instead it was about spending time with friends (which they could do outside of scouts) doing fun activities (which aside from GS events could be done outside school as well).  There just didn't seem to be much point to it for them.[/quote]

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