Something tells me, having to be that selective could be the downfall of the organization. If you can’t trust the whole way of life how are you expected to trust a single troop trying to conform to the whole organization.
for most of us, the troop and maybe the next level up, and our collective skills and experiences in past Scouting, ARE “the whole way of life” especially for the young kids below High School
and at these levels, we are all volunteers
No troop for your kid? Start one.
Don’t like, fit in, or agree with troop your kid is in?
Start a new one
Don’t think the troop leader is a good role model? Start another troop (that’s how my Mom got one started)
Don’t like the new badges, handbooks or other printed materials provide by national organization? Dont use them, use the old ones, earn the old badges, they are always good
Don’t like the theme antics or participants of a conference workshop jamboree or camporee? Don’t go. There are lots of choices- especially those run by volunteers
People who don’t do GS might be surprised at how traditional are the troops. The Mommies and Daddies who complain that the girls do too much crafts and feel-good badges and not enough leadership and outdoor camping have failed to step up and just start a new troop
Personally as Mom of son too, I found for years the number of women as Boy Scout leaders to be a bit discouraging
when men bailed out of being Boy Scout leaders (and dads) that was the real start of the BS downslide, imho