Cleo and elsa talk about why they want to stay in the girl scouts. They say it's because there are a lot of really, really nice girls who join them. Elsa says she wanted to be in the boy scouts for her own reasons. Cleo: "I feel like not as embarrassed around girls"
Five years ago, after decades of resistance, the Boy Scouts of America made a momentous change, allowing girls to participate. Since then, tens of thousands have joined.
Today we revisit a story, first aired in 2017, about 10-year-old twins deciding which group to join, and find out what’s happened to them since.
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