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skyline3way

Help?

Aug 22, 2009 10:23

Can anyone tell me about the Girl Scouts of America?

Yes, I've been to the site; that's not what I'm interested in. The girls came home with information and of course, they want to join. I have a vague recollection that they are not affiliated with or anything like their male equivalent, which I am hoping is true because I've recently had to ( Read more... )

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lordiorotr August 22 2009, 14:50:57 UTC

my mom is actually a girl scout leader.

I was a leader for 11 years. The only God we ever "celebrated" is saying grace before meals and in the promise, On my honor I will try to serve God and my country...Some troops meet in churches because they are usually free or the cheapest place to meet. There are troops that center around religion and there are badges and awards that girls can earn. No one can be kept out of Girl Scouts and I would think that whatever views your girls have would be accepted. We were all about community service, and then fundraising for our trips. My girls and myself are anything but religious and my co-leader was a Catholic who did all the Catholic things with her kids, so I would say, go for it. It's a great organization and if they stick with it they can get scholarships for college.

skyline3way August 22 2009, 14:57:14 UTC

Thank you! That's exactly what I was looking for. It's not that I care that they hear about god, but I don't want indoctrination, which is the issue we were having.

My eldest is actually begging to join, and I feel much more secure in giving my approval having read this. Again, thank you for putting in your personal experience.

lordiorotr August 22 2009, 14:58:30 UTC

i'm glad that helped :)

lordiorotr August 22 2009, 14:58:04 UTC

that was my mom obviously! haha.

anyway i was in girl scouts for a while and i can hardly remember anything religious at all if that was your main concern. but really it depends on the troop, and sometimes it takes a few troops before you find that perfect one. from what i've seen over the years, none of them are affiliated with any church or religion, its sort of a melting pot of cultures, ethnicity's and religions in each troop.

youshouldvknown August 22 2009, 17:53:46 UTC

I was a girl scout on and off. I don't recall any correlation between girl scouts and religion, other than when I was about 12 or 13 our meetings were held in a Methodist church, in one of the bible group rooms, but there wasn't anything on the walls or any talk of religion ever really. Growing up, we were always encouraged to make up our own mind about religion so it really wasn't something my sister and I thought about or focused on, really ( ... )