Category: Trail Life USA

Alternative Youth Organizations Benefit From Traditional Scouting Exodus

Boys will be boys, and girls will be girls—sugar, spice, and puppy dog tails. But it’s a mixed-up world today. Boyhood is now “toxic masculinity,” girls learn to be more like boys, and gender fluidity is the new normal. The leaders of two alternative youth character development organizations—Trail Life USA and American Heritage Girls (AHG)—disagree…


Trail Life USA CEO: Restoring the Values of Classical Masculinity With Outdoor Mentorship

Leading scouting program Trail Life USA helps to restore the values of classical masculinity with outdoor mentorship, says CEO Mark Hancock. Hancock, a father of two, founded Trail Life USA in 2014 as a breakaway organization based on Christian standards, and in the wake of controversial changes at the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), which…