Posted on 11/18/2005 10:05:30 AM PST by Maceman
My 7-year-old daughter recently asked if she could join the Brownies like some of her friends.
I am inclined not to let her join, because my understanding is that the Brownies (and the Girl Scouts) are not what they were when I was growing up in the 1950s.
Still, I hate to deprive my daughter of a valuable experience with her friends.
The fact is, I really don't know much about the Brownies, since I was a Cub Scout (and Boy Scout) back in the days when we were allowed to proudly wear our uniforms in school, replete with the requisite Cub Scout/Boy Scout knives dangling from our belts.
Any parents have any experience with the modern Brownies? Have they completely adopted the Progressive agenda, and what is the Brownie experience like these days?
Thanks for you help.
Brownies are alright, but I hated the cookie sales and took my daughters out of it following cookie sales (two daughters-two trys). I would rather donate the money that the cookie sales would raise, than go through that again.
The simple answer is that these groups are not the trusted organizations of days-gone-by as many "progressive" groups have hijacked them for indoctrination purposes. In some places, however, the parents have made a stand against such drivel and kept it out.
If you are considering letting your child get involved in any such organizations, you, the parents, have to plan to get involved with the group itself so that you can monitor and decide upon what gets presented to the children.
Wow - the assocation our troops were linked to changed the Girl Scout Promise. . No more reference to God here.
Being with her friends is important.
Both my girls were in the Brownies and had a great time socializing with their friends.
They chose to quit on their own after a few years as other activities became more appealing.
Even 20 years ago there was a heavy lesbian influence.
The individual leaders have the direction the troop takes
in their control. Yet if the national org gives to PP, that
would do it for me!
Stop politicizing our children!
As for nowdays, my sis-in-law was a troop leader for the past 3 years and she said it was still great. I think it really depends on the Leader.
Meet the leader that would be over your daughter's potential troop and get a copy of the handbook for yourself to go over. Talk to parents of Brownies your daughter's age as well.
Here's their US website: http://www.girlscouts.org/
Brownies as a national organisation are pretty leftist, but their is some latitude in how an individual troop is run. When my youngest was of that age, Mrs Mag and I had a troop, and ran it pretty much the way troops were run when she was a Brownie. To give you an idea how the organization was overall, they had no problem of giving our troop the number 666. We changed that immediately, of course.
IIRC there is an group similar to the old Girl Scouts, but I don't recall the name.
My sister was in Camp Fire Girls as a kid. They are co-ed now and called Camp Fire USA. I don't know how PC they may or may not be, but the first Camp Fire Law is Worship God.
http://www.campfire.org/
The Bluebirds
ping y'all
"It was nothing more than a glorified play group"
That has nothing to do with Girl Scouts and everything to do with troop leader(s).
I started out with a troop of TWO girls. They were both very community minded and eager to be involved. Our favorite troop project was making preemie quilts for the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University. They got to meet the nurse who led the program, we got to tour the NICU and they learned so much. We were even written up in a local paper.
That is it...I knew a Freeper would remember the name. Thanks!
That is a new one on me....American Heritage Girls was the one I was thinking of....but thanks!
Blue birds were younger Camp Fire Girls, similar to Daisies in Girl Scouts.
Try to find a local 4H club or something else that has group activities.
Yeah, they're a terrible football team.
"replete with the requisite Cub Scout/Boy Scout knives dangling from our belts."
I still wear mine, with the little gold hanger clip.
They never told me to stop wearing it, so.................
I know that is true. The troop leader my daughter had did not even like kids. I have no idea why she was doing it.
But when you consult with the higher ups, they think that all of their troops are good. So without a referral (and I don't know any older kids who were in it), I was at a loss to find a better group.
I hear Brownies never fudge. . .
parsy, the trite.
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