Did you mean stronger and more effective than the Boy Scouts?
On the National level, I don't think you can beat the BSA. They're good on the council level. Our district leadership is not so hot. Some of our district members kick ass.
Some of the things I've heard complaints about the Girl Scouts seemed to be organization-wide. But maybe it was council level. I can't remember the specific examples, but I heard horrors stories about things the girls weren't allowed to do (some for safety reasons), that our boys learn as first year scouts. The leaders in question gave up Girl Scouting in absolute frustration.
Yes, a troop leader told me that locally the Girl Scouts is a far better organization, in her opinion.
From the little I know, it seems like Girl Scouts is very effective at giving girls leadership experience that they might never otherwise get. I think it truly fosters self-esteem, particularly for teenage girls at a time when they might otherwise start losing any self-confidence they may have had as younger girls. And this in itself is vital in contemporary American society.
I'm not sure if she was a member of both. But my question remains whether the opinions of those you spoke to were limited to your area or were expressed about scouting in general, nationwide.
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On the National level, I don't think you can beat the BSA. They're good on the council level. Our district leadership is not so hot. Some of our district members kick ass.
Some of the things I've heard complaints about the Girl Scouts seemed to be organization-wide. But maybe it was council level. I can't remember the specific examples, but I heard horrors stories about things the girls weren't allowed to do (some for safety reasons), that our boys learn as first year scouts. The leaders in question gave up Girl Scouting in absolute frustration.
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From the little I know, it seems like Girl Scouts is very effective at giving girls leadership experience that they might never otherwise get. I think it truly fosters self-esteem, particularly for teenage girls at a time when they might otherwise start losing any self-confidence they may have had as younger girls. And this in itself is vital in contemporary American society.
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