after a Century of the Boy Scouts of America's existence, the name will be changed to Scouts of America. Well, it changed course several years back so girls could "follow the rugged road" too.
So, this morning on one of the news outlets, maybe Fox 5, maybe CNN, (it was on in the PF), some woman, listed as an INFLUENCER Eagle SCOUT was gleaming with joy that SHE was to be admired for her courage and fortitude. (I have my opinion about that as an Eagle Scouts proud father) buttt.......
What are YOUR thoughts about pre-teen girls/women in the boy scouts?
I also am the father of an Eagle Scout - who has special needs. And with the exception of his age extension - he did not avail himself of any special considerations in completing his badges - he did them the hard way, like everyone else. I'm especially proud of the fact that he often CHOSE badges because they were hard to do.
I ALSO have a daughter who was in Scouts - early on, as a GIRL SCOUT and later, as a Scout.
(By the way - Girl Scouts have always been a completely separate organization from inception. They were founded here right around the same time as BSA was).
And my Scout daughter was bored stupid in Girl Scouts. Most adult leaders in GSA will confirm - the main thrust of Girl Scouts varies greatly depending on who's running it, but the one she was in was largely centered on stuff like crafts. She wanted to camp, play sports, climb rocks and go on hikes and fish.
So she joined Scouts. And she camped, and played sports and climbed on rocks and went on hikes and went fishing. Stuff like that. If Girl Scouts had offered that, she would have stayed with them. Sadly, she left the Scout troop as they were unable to keep members.
While my son was in Boy Scouts - he got to lead Cub Scouts and I attended their pack meetings with him and they had girls. I've never had a problem with this - at the Cub Scout level - ages 5-10 - boys and girls can do a lot of the same things side by side.
