[Troop139] Fwd: NNJC May E-News 5/4/2018

Sat May 5 22:00:58 EDT 2018

Well it's about time that the wonderful program that the Boy Scouts be available to young women!  Long overdue.

Having said that, I think that co-ed Troops are like co-ed Crews and Posts, where the girls are significantly more mature and capable of organization and leadership  than the boys, AND then you have the boys totally distracted by the girls.  The boys and girls need separate spaces to lead and then need to interact as leaders across units for events.  The other element of this comes down to the necessity of parents to support their sons and daughters in Scouting and history has not shown (with notable exceptions) that they do when it comes to doing some "gnarly" aspects of the outdoor program.  Frankly, I am disappointed with many Dads who can't figure out a pit latrine and the backpacker's cleaning methods of boiling with no soap.  I do know a few Moms who can deal with a pack in the backcountry.

Whatever the program evolves to be it needs to build faith, citizenship, personal confidence, a career, respect for the work of others and some hobbies

So we will see.

Yours in Scouting,

Gordon Beattie W2TTT 

201.314.6964

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From: Francis Argueta

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And here we go ! 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