Cyclist Merit Badge-Girl Scouts 1920

[OakLeaf]

I did a google search and discovered that there is apparently no equivalent cycling merit badge for girl scouts today.

Are you sure that that "Rolling Along" badge isn't for cycling??? It has pictures of bicycles, after all (and no other wheeled vehicles).

[jobob]

Wow, Girl Scouts has changed a lot since I was a kid. well yeah that was a loong time ago

Moms/Aunts, is it something your girls do anymore?

The only time I see Girl Scouts nowadays is when I fall prey to the insiduous lure of cookies and mixed nuts.

[Thorn]

Are you sure that that "Rolling Along" badge isn't for cycling??? It has pictures of bicycles, after all (and no other wheeled vehicles).

Since I couldn't find the exact requirements, I was basing things on the Google on-line book "Bicycling with Children: A Complete How-To Guide". It has

The GSA does not have a badge or patch specifically for bicycling.

It then lists the badges that it can be made part of, including "Rolling Along"

[Bad JuJu]

This thread has reminded me of the Dar Williams song "When I Was a Boy" (think that's the title). I too have observed what seem like gender differences in very young children, but as a kid, I was much more boyish than some of the neighbor boys, and some of them were more girlish than I. But even that statement assumes a certain pre-existing "boyishness" and "girlishness" that I don't know are completely justified. I don't have a clue about this, really--but I do like the song.

I won't forget when Peter Pan
Came to my house took my hand
I said I was a boy
I'm glad he didn't check

I learned to fly, I learned to fight
I lived a whole life in one night
We saved each other's lives out on the pirate deck

And I remember that night when
I'm leaving a late night with some friends
And I hear somebody tell me its not safe, someone should help me
I need to find a nice man to walk me home.

When I was a boy, I scared the pants off of my mom,
Climbed what I could climb upon
And I don't know how I survived,
I guess I knew the tricks that all boys knew.
And you can walk me home, but I was a boy, too.

[Tuckervill]

Since I couldn't find the exact requirements, I was basing things on the Google on-line book "Bicycling with Children: A Complete How-To Guide". It has

It then lists the badges that it can be made part of, including "Rolling Along"

In defense of the people who write these things, there is a tendency to make the activities required for a badge/patch/bead as wide-open and welcoming so as to appeal to as many interests as possible. If they were too narrow, so many kids would just balk. Making the categories broad allows more custom tailored things fit inside. This is good for all the kids.

Karen