Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts fight over co-ed programming

[NewYorkExpress]

https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/girl-scouts-letter-to-boy-scouts?utm_term=.ny4o3YrGD#.dxYQ95M31

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[Mr. Smith]

Well gee, my Cub Scout troop were heathens then, since we let girls into the Pinewood Derby.

[Goldwater]

lol

[Crumpets]

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

I never really understood why Venturing didn't just become the default thing you graduate into.

[Koharu]

I hope the Girl Scouts win on this one. Their numbers are growing while the Boy Scouts are declining. In addition, while I wish they had some of the programming that the Boy Scouts had, in general now their programming is much more forward-thinking and more appropriate for today's children. I also probably would have never been a Girl Scout if it had been co-ed.

[vanguard96]

Generally the boys-only things go co-ed before girls only do. It happened with a lot of schools as well and also there is more pressure from the Title IX / equality / feminist forces to make male-only groups open to women/girls.

I reached Eagle Scout and got the letter from George HW Bush and Michael Dukakis - then still governor of MA. I also once made it to the regional finals in Pinewood Derby as a Cub Scout (my 2nd year doing it) This was well before they had kit cars for sale at Michael's and Home Depot. That particular car was pretty ugly as I remember.

An old friend from Scouts from my time has his sons in it too. His dad was the Scoutmaster. My dad sometimes went on the trips with us but never was a Scout leader. My friend who is a pastor does too. I have a daughter who is 11 and she was not interested in joining either Brownies or Girl Scouts so we never had to cross that bridge.

[Santander]

They should both be banned.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Very sad to hear the Boy Scouts of America are facing declining membership. I'll need to think of some other activity to force my hypothetical future children into.