BSA Announces Family Scouting
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Today the BSA announced Family Scouting starting next fall with girls in Cub Scouting, and “a program for older girls, which will be announced in 2018 and projected to be available in 2019, that will enable them to earn the Eagle Scout rank.” There are certainly a number of things to discuss but today I […]
Today the BSA announced Family Scouting starting next fall with girls in Cub Scouting, and “a program for older girls, which will be announced in 2018 and projected to be available in 2019, that will enable them to earn the Eagle Scout rank.”
There are certainly a number of things to discuss but today I just wanted to post links to key resources about the announcement:
BSA Press Release
Family Scouting Factsheet
Family Scouting Website
Bryan On Scouting Post
Family Scouting FAQ
Also check out my two recent posts on the subject:
Girls in the BSA?
Gender and Scouting (Podcast 354)
I want to reiterate that I am not a BSA offical, nor sponsored or endorsed by the BSA. This announcement is as much of a surprise to me as it likely is to you.
I’ll be reading through the resources, start there to answer your questions, I won’t be much help because I don’t know any more about the specifics of these plans than anyone else.
The best advice I can offer is just take a couple of deep breaths, there are always a lot more questions than answers at first.