re: Boy Scouts of America changing name to be more inclusive

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Because those girls want to do outdoor activities and there are not any in Girl Scouts.

Unfortunately, you cannot get mom’s to volunteer to go camping. They don’t want to be outside.

Unless you have at least 2 mom’s at every camp out - you can’t have any girls attend.

I see the dilemma and I feel bad for those rare girls who can’t participate in the activity they love (outdoors).

But the dumb part is to admit girls to Boy Scouts and destroy the organization so that no one can develop character and enjoy outdoor independence.

I hate it all. A great program ruined with an emotional response.

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There are some GS groups that are very outdoors oriented. There are a lot of moms that really enjoy camping. I volunteer with some amazing moms getting out there in the outdoors and doing all the high adventure stuff with their kids in both the GS and BSA organizations.

The big problem is the competition for kids time with all the different activities out there. BSA saw the writing on the wall that they needed to adapt to keep the organization going. They don't have cookie sales where you don't really even need the kids anymore to keep the organization going like Girl Scouts. BSA chose to become a family organization where the entire family can be under one roof and so families don't have to be separated and make it harder for them to schedule all the activities.

The problem in America is this should have been one organization. In England the Girl Guides and Boy Scouts are the same organization and it was easy for them to setup one program and offer both. Here in the states, two organizations built the same program and will not work together. Hell GS sued BSA for using the word Scout and Scouting without the word Boy before it. They lost.