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Help! How do I decide between rainbows, beavers and badgers for my HE'd little girl?

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Lindenlass · 17/02/2009 20:07

She's 5.5yo, with three younger sisters so doesn't spend a huge amount of time with boys so I'm leaning towards badgers or beavers - but even then can't decide between the two.

DD1 has no opinion either way, annoyingly! - just knows she wants to do a group like this. No woodcraft folk near us sadly.

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Lindenlass · 17/02/2009 20:18

slayerette Yes, our options are open really, luckily!

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Lindenlass · 17/02/2009 20:18

scienceteacher thank you. I'm not sure how to go about figuring our own values when I don't know that much about the various groups - can you help?

blametheparents thanks for that - that was the impression I got already. Think Rainbows is going out the window fast

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slayerette · 17/02/2009 20:18

Are you on a waiting list for any of these groups? If not, I would check if they have spaces - I put DS on a waiting list a year ago to join Beavers this term.

blametheparents · 17/02/2009 20:13

Although Beavers is mixed, at present my DS's Beaver colony only has boys (ther have been girls in the past, but they have moved on to cubs)
DS's Beavers seem to do more than any of the local Rainbow groups. For example, he has been on an overnight camp, archery, fun days, swimming galas.
However, I think this is dependent on each particualr group and who runs it.

scienceteacher · 17/02/2009 20:09

The thing that makes scouting and guiding stand out is the promise.

Rainbows offers you a girl-only environment.

You have to figure out your own values.

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