Parents: Would you encourage your children to participate in an organization similar to Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts but that allowed any child to be a member and integrated values and activities of both organizations?

I was in Girls Scouts when I was younger I didn’t stick around and something that always bothered me was how there were no boys allowed. When I got older and learned about the activities that the Boy Scouts did, it got me to thinking. The fact that the two organizations have wildly different activities and values seems preposterous to me. Ever since I’ve had this realization, I’ve been thinking of how an organization that combined both Girl and Boy Scouts would work. It seems to me that both employ activities that every young person would be interested in and that each organization provides life skills that would be important for everyone to have.

So, parents, if such an organization existed, would you encourage your children to join instead of Girl or Boy Scouts?