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A few years ago, when my oldest daughter was a bit younger, we tried girls scouts.

There was no abortion or political talk, but there was a lot of emotive, feel-good nonsense, and then the big deal about the cookie sale. Afterwards, they went to the mall and had a “build-a-bear” party. It all seemed rather empty, commercial, and stupid, and the cookie sales were annoying. We stopped after 1 season.

Remove real character formation and values from any organization, and at best, you wind up with empty fluff, at worst, its a vacuum to be filled by the worst kind of stuff

PGR, I agree with what you say about the lack of character formation and the prevalence of fluff. That in itself is enough reason to pull out and not waste our spirited intelligent daughters' time.

However --- concerning the GSA´s ties to Planned Parenthood and other global abortion enthusiasts ---- even if the local troop is morally untainted, part of their dues goes to headquarters and subsidizes a corrupt leadership.

So if the local troop is good, they should disaffiliate with GSA and, if desired, sign up with a non-leftist alternative. You can google these:

American Heritage Girls

Pathfinders

Awana (Evangelical)

Keepers of the Faith

Frontier Girls

Reality check - the Girl Scouts have devolved into a cookie sales force exploited by a National Organization full of "progressive" ideology, six figure salaries, luxury offices and grand retirement payouts.