Pete,

Kudos for all of your service to other kids and the time spent with your own.

In my opinion, BSA would not be viable today without adult female leaders. Troops that have both male and female adult leaders do a much better job with the boys as best as I can determine. There is an impressive study (not commissioned by BSA) that strongly documents the need for boys/young men to interact with good male role models, but I am not aware of any similar study for girls/young women or the effects of mixed-gender interaction for either girls or boys. Seems obvious, but...

I would spend more time than I already do (!!!!) with the scouts if their busy little lives afforded them the opportunity - that's a sad state. Anyway, it was neat to read your posts on the GSA interaction <applause>

Regards,

Tom