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		elviiis on July 26, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Girl Scouts Embraces STEM and Adds New Badges Been with GS for 5 years and BSA for 25. Requirements for badges will change, but the local unit has a lot of control over its direction and purpose. If a girl-led troop wants to explore this option, get out of the way and make it happen. Otherwise, as you were.

FourthProtocol on July 26, 2017 [–]

That's very well put. I forget sometimes that as a parent my job is not to teach my child/ren, but to provide an environment in which my child/ren can learn.

humanrebar on July 26, 2017 | [–]

We don't call teachers "learning facilitators", so I don't see a problem saying one of a parents' jobs is Teacher-In-Chief of their kids.

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