Props to your Dad. There are probably a lot of dads that wouldn't be comfortable becoming a Girl Scout.

In Boy Scouts, my mom was an Assistant Scoutmaster. She loved it so much she spent two summers living at a Boy Scout camp in New Hampshire.

I always thought boy scouts was cooler as an organization than girl scouts, actually. They get more of their badges for doing this rugged hardcore outdoors stuff, that to me would have been cooler than so many of the girl scouts pins that are for things like baking and sewing. I realize these traditions probably date aways back in time, of course...

My mom was a troop leader and, as the youngest of three children, I was taken to her meetings. So I was amde an honorary Brownie! I wasn't allowed to be a Boy Scout later on, though, because my mom wasn't allowed to be a Den Mother for my older brother (my dad was kind of a jerk and didn't particpate) so she let him quit. I always found it sad that they denied a parent who wanted to be part of their child's life! It is cool to see that this practice has changed!

When I was a kid, I wasn't allowed to join the girl scouts. I remember some vague reason, like that they supported abortion, or that some of their financial supporters supported abortion (Not exactly something you would discuss with a kid, so my memories are sketchy.) I am not even sure if that is true; now that I am an adult, I am pretty sure that it was just because they were "too feminist." My church (an overwhelming supporter the boy scouts) made up their own "analogous" girls program.

I'm a little surprised actually, I was in GS for years when I was younger and it was all very family/church oriented..however, I'm all about progress...way to go troops, keep it up!

Oh you have no idea how happy this makes me!

As a lifetime member, I'm always sad when I hear negative comments because I had the greatest times in Girl Scouts!
I honestly believe that your experience is only as good as the volunteers you have as leaders, etc.
Their beliefs and attitudes are what you're going to associate with Girl Scouting, and that can be a bit luck of the draw...

But besides that, yay girl scouts! :)

Is it just me or do the women in the logo look like they have mustaches?

Anyhoo, Girl Scouts was so much fun when I was a kid. I made it through Junior's and quit right after I had crossed over into the next level. My troop was all being split up into different high schools and it was too hard to keep going.

When I was younger, my mother enrolled me into Brownies, and from there I “flew up� into Guides (the equivalent of Girl Scouts in Ireland). I loved it, even with the domestic themes – as an avowed feminist I feel that anything that teaches girls how to camp, set campfires, ‘bond’ with other girls over non-beauty related issues, rocks.

Thanks to Guides, on archaeological excavations, I was always the one to show people how to set fires and put up tents, I even learnt a little first aid, all of which are useful skills, in general. I was also fortunate enough to go the Guides’ Chalet in Switzerland. Later on, I got involved in Brownies as Snowy Owl to give something back to the organisation.

Now, looking back, while I don’t think that cleaning silverware is necessarily the most important thing for a girl to know, I do feel that it is good for young people of both sexes to know how to cook, perform basic first aid, and be part of something bigger than just a national movement. Guides (or Girl Scouts!) rock!

I actually loved Girl Scouts as a child, despite the boring home-ecish activities. I liked the solidarity, the after-school friendships, the field trips, etc. As an adult, I have heard negative things about Girl Scouts b/c they are so religiously affiliated (and I am not). Our Girl Scout pledge mentioned religion...

I believe it went, "On my honor, I will try, to serve God and my country, to protect people of all kinds, and to live by the Girl Scout law!"

That's sick that I can remember that. Anyway, we had meetings at churches sometimes, etc. This made me really uncomfortable as a child b/c I was not religious or religiously affiliated.

The Boy Scouts got to go to camp and learn useful things like how to build a fire and survive poisonous animal/bug bites. Unlike making homeade ice cream, some of these skills would have really come in handy at different points in my life. Thus, I wish that Girl Scouts would be more Feminist! (And definately less religious - that's what Sunday school is for). This t-shirt really reflects that opinion, and I would love to buy one - let me know!

I actually loved Girl Scouts as a child, despite the boring home-ecish activities. I liked the solidarity, the after-school friendships, the field trips, etc. As an adult, I have heard negative things about Girl Scouts b/c they are so religiously affiliated (and I am not). Our Girl Scout pledge mentioned religion...

I believe it went, "On my honor, I will try, to serve God and my country, to protect people of all kinds, and to live by the Girl Scout law!"

That's sick that I can remember that. Anyway, we had meetings at churches sometimes, etc. This made me really uncomfortable as a child b/c I was not religious or religiously affiliated.

The Boy Scouts got to go to camp and learn useful things like how to build a fire and survive poisonous animal/bug bites. Unlike making homeade ice cream, some of these skills would have really come in handy at different points in my life. Thus, I wish that Girl Scouts would be more Feminist! (And definately less religious - that's what Sunday school is for). This t-shirt really reflects that opinion, and I would love to buy one - let me know!

I actually loved Girl Scouts as a child, despite the boring home-ecish activities. I liked the solidarity, the after-school friendships, the field trips, etc. As an adult, I have heard negative things about Girl Scouts b/c they are so religiously affiliated (and I am not). Our Girl Scout pledge mentioned religion...

I believe it went, "On my honor, I will try, to serve God and my country, to protect people of all kinds, and to live by the Girl Scout law!"

That's sick that I can remember that. Anyway, we had meetings at churches sometimes, etc. This made me really uncomfortable as a child b/c I was not religious or religiously affiliated.

The Boy Scouts got to go to camp and learn useful things like how to build a fire and survive poisonous animal/bug bites. Unlike making homeade ice cream, some of these skills would have really come in handy at different points in my life. Thus, I wish that Girl Scouts would be more Feminist! (And definately less religious - that's what Sunday school is for). This t-shirt really reflects that opinion, and I would love to buy one - let me know!

See, most of the problems and the incredibly awesome things about Girl Scouts have the same origin: the people working with girls are all volunteers. So you get people who are willing to lead a troop, but they're going to lead it their way within the regulations. A lot of the boring, home-ec activities come from troops being led by people who don't want to do something else, for whatever reason.

I don't know about supporting a religion. I'm fairly sure the organization as a whole does not support any particular religion. There was a campaign a while back that it was "For Every Girl, Everywhere." However, an individual troop can do religious activities, and there are non-badge religious awards girls can earn if they choose.

And the part of the promise about God can be left out, or another deity title/name substituted in.

Yay! I love Girl Scouts. I just got back from a reunion camping/canoing trip with my former troop.
Anyway, my Dad was "cookie mom" for my sister's troop multiple years and he took training to to become a canoe and kayak instructor.