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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread has given me a lot to think about. I was a GS from kindergarten through high school, even getting involved when I went abroad as an exchange student. My mom, a SAHM, was my leader through elementary school. It was a really positive experience for me, in particular when it came to gaining confidence in myself and my ability to just get things done by communicating with people. It’s not time yet, but this is something I would really like to give my daughter assuming she is interested — the organization truly has a place in my heart. That said, I am a biglaw attorney. I just can’t lead a troop the way my mom did (and before anyone comes at me, I will definitely contribute because I understand how much work goes into it).

I wonder if it’s time for the model to be updated, especially in HCOL areas where dual-working couples make up the majority of parents of scouts. I wonder how such changes could work in a way that keeps the program reasonably accessible to girls of all income levels. 
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We have lots of parents with "important" DC jobs in our troop. We schedule meetings for every other weekend and one school day a month and rotate parent volunteers so that each family can just have one person take off work early one afternoon all year and one weekend. It's a lot for the leaders and cookie people, but chaperoning one or two meetings a year is really not that much for most members.[/quote]

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