Historically, the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts have centered around single-gender activities and programs. (Also, great ways to get cookies and popcorn and go on camping trips.) But now, the two groups are at odds over the Boy Scouts considering ways to involve girls in activities. BuzzFeed 온라인 바카라 게임 reports the Girl Scouts of the USA wrote a "strongly worded letter" to the board of the Boy Scouts of America Monday, accusing them of running a "covert campaign" to get girls involved in Boy Scout programs. The reason for the inclusion, the Girl Scouts claim, is to attract younger parents and busy families to boost their overall numbers. The letter also accused the Boy Scouts of making false claims about the Girl Scouts at meetings. The Girl Scouts confirmed to BuzzFeed they sent the letter, which called the decision "reckless" and advised against offering mixed-gender programs. "It's a potentially dangerous and bad idea," a spokesperson for the Girl Scouts told the site, because research has found girls sometimes do best in all-girl environments. The spokesperson compared the Boy Scouts' actions to a "corporate hostile takeover." (You can read the full letter on BuzzFeed's website.)But a spokesperson for the Boy Scouts said they have only been exploring the idea because of requests from families, and haven't made any decisions yet. Plus, the Boy Scouts have had some mixed-gender programming for a while now. Effie Delimarkos, the spokesperson for the BSA, elaborated in a statement to GoodHousekeeping.com."After months of trying to engage leadership from the Girl Scouts organization about this matter, BSA leadership spoke with Girl Scout leadership earlier this month to identify potential areas of opportunities for alignment in the future. We are disheartened to see the Girl Scouts pull away from the possibility of cooperation to help address the needs of today's busy families. […] The Boy Scouts of America believes in the benefit of single-gender programs. But in evaluating the possibility of serving the whole family (something that has been reported on since April), we've been having conversations with our members and volunteers to see how to make Scouting accessible for families. […] The BSA continues to be innovative in our program design, offering programs like Exploring, STEM Scouts, Venturing, and Sea Scouts — four programs that have evolved over the years to serve both boys and girls in new ways and offer flexibility for families to choose the programs that work best for them." The Girl Scouts of the USA also issued a further statement, noting the group hopes to resolve things and move forward: "Girl Scouts of the USA, in our capacity as a youth serving organization dedicated to girls and their healthy development, believes in maintaining an open and honest dialogue with other organizations in the youth serving space. We regularly communicate with our peers and other affiliated groups about matters related to scouting and youth development. To that end, we sent a professional letter to the national board of the Boy Scouts of America. As our letter makes clear, we have the utmost respect for the Boy Scouts' leadership and look forward to working out these issues with them in a mutually satisfactory manner."