GS used to be better, but are suffering from all sorts of problems right now. Massive direction and leadership issues.
The only reason it exists is because BS wouldn’t let girls in the first place.
And to answer the OP, it’s money. As is usually the case. They realized GS was crashing hard, and realized picking up that business would be lucrative.
I was a scout for 4 years. Although my troop was not girly girl, we did spend an inordinate amount of time selling cookies. Modern GS is worse. It’s really all it’s about now. Sell cookies, have an outing and/or camp with the funds, rinse and repeat. I want my kid to learn more than how to look cute and sell cookies.
So....go Boy Scouts, I guess?
Girl Scouts should suck it up and make it mixed gender, too. Honestly it would probably improve the organization.
The only reason it exists is because BS wouldn’t let girls in the first place.
And to answer the OP, it’s money. As is usually the case. They realized GS was crashing hard, and realized picking up that business would be lucrative.
I was a scout for 4 years. Although my troop was not girly girl, we did spend an inordinate amount of time selling cookies. Modern GS is worse. It’s really all it’s about now. Sell cookies, have an outing and/or camp with the funds, rinse and repeat. I want my kid to learn more than how to look cute and sell cookies.
So....go Boy Scouts, I guess?
Girl Scouts should suck it up and make it mixed gender, too. Honestly it would probably improve the organization.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
