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And BTW, I'm a GS troop leader, and Assistant Scoutmaster for my son's scout troop. I find the boys are really fun, but I also have had already had a mom express her concerns about the boys needing male role models and are there any DADS that might be ASM's too? Other than the male scoutmaster, I'm the only registered adult who has been willing to go camping out with the boys (I carry my own luxuriously comfortable tent). She's married but her husband's not a volunteer. Mine is an occasional helper but not a "regular." I agree that I'd like the dads to be more involved, for one we could do more with more help. I do try very hard not to overstep into the Scoutmaster's role. But in my family, I like Scouting and groups of teens and my husband doesn't really have quite as much patience with them- girls or boys. So, doesn't it make sense for me to do it?

Well, bless your heart, Dad! You can come help my troop anytime.... however, here's what I have heard from my moms about Dad's participating:

About the former (male) troop leader - "Oh, he was just great, the way he worked with the girls and they all just loved him. But you know, he was always SO CAREFUL not to be alone with the girls and that made me so much more comfortable with him...I wondered about him at first, you know, but he definitely was a great leader."

About another dad who briefly had his daughters in our troop, but there was a custody issue and they went back to mom pretty quickly "Boy, he really makes me nervous, kinda creepy the way he talks to the girls." This guy bought a sash for a girl not his own daughter because she didn't have one and the girls' mother went ballistic. As far as I know there was never an actual problem but this poor fellow was trying "too" hard. The problem solved itself because of the custody thing anyway but I was a little nervous

So, I know you understand how nervous parents are about their precious baby girls, and if you address that with great tact and delicacy I'm betting your troop will end up absolutely loving you. Leader of the year in our service unit last year was a dad, and he's an absolutely GREAT GIRL SCOUT!