kwality

Correction to my last post - girls 15 - 17 find the materials to be childish, Not 5 - 17. (Ha Ha, my face is red...) Also, for some reason the snip from nikitee's post got dropped out. The reference was to the blend of traditional and S2B/BGFG. Kwality

nikitee posted: I'm glad you are having success with a girl run troop! So are we - and we have been doing this for almost 6 years, since our girls became Cadettes, as we were trained to do under the "Traditional" program. (There was NO S2B at that time.) Please understand that girl-run troops for older girls (now known as BGFG)is not some NEW great thing that only happened due to S2B. Many years ago when I was trained as a leader, the progresssion model for troop responsibilities was that at the Cadette level girls should be 75% or more in charge of the troop, and Seniors 95%. (The 5%

I know that in our GS council all leaders are screened with a background check. There are policies to protect girls from sex offenders. There are policies for male leader actions, to avoid even the possibility of improper behavior. (For example, they must always have a second adult, preferrably female, present.) Whenever practical, all leaders (male and female) stay in separate tents or cabins when camping. When I was trained, we were told, "There is no place in Girl Scouts for sexual activity, of any type. Discussions relating to controversial or sexual topics (including discussions a

I see it's been a while since anyone posted to this thread. But if you are still looking for a movie with a group of girls working together, try Bend It Like Beckham. It's a British film about two teen girls who play soccer, and how they handle their families support for their sport(or lack.) One girl is British,the other British-(Asian)Indian. The film is very funny and very engaging, the acting is great, the characters are very realistic. I think it was rated PG-13, and I would not show it to younger girls, as there are some more mature themes - cultural clashes, deceiving parents,

I just found this forum and am glad to see so many others have the same concerns as our Cadette-Senior troop. Even the two most trendy girls in the troop called the charms "lame". I am wondering, several writers have pointed out that, "the girls need to respond to national with their opinions." OK, where should they send their input? Two girls from our troop who are about to start their gold projects (to complete them before the studio 2B requirements are mandatory) finally decided to write. They are totally turned off by the entire concept and how it is being presented to girls and the