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As some of you know and others are about to find out I am a Girl Scouts Leader for both Abigail and Emma’ troops. I have come to learn a few things in the past year and a half about being a leader. Most of these lessons were learned out of frustration which makes me want to remember them for when Analiese is in kindergarten.
- It is NOT a one person job. Do not kid yourself and think that you can take over the world. You need help. It is such a relief to finally have one with my daisy troop.
- The adults ARE worse then the kids. If it is not mothers who will not leave it is fellow troop leaders fighting like kids. Adults are much nastier then kids could ever dream of being. This is too much. I will not take a side in this current matter. A friend was hurt and for that I am sad but I do not want to fall into the high school clique mentality as others have. I think that the adults should act as adults.
- It is a full time job. Planning all of the details involved can be overwhelming. There are a bunch of websites to plan and investigate how to best handle the kids. All of the fund raising, crafts, field trips and community service are quite time consuming.
- There is a lot to learn. There is the old program with badges and patches and now there is the new Journey’s program. So much to learn and process it is amazing that I can pass it on!
For all that Girl Scouts is I feel that it is a vital part of making girls into productive leaders in society. I think about that each and every time I think about throwing in the towel. I pray that one day my daughter will thank me. I am hoping that I get better at it all. I am hoping that all of my friends that I am making along the way find it in their hearts to forgive and forget. I am most of all hoping for three college scholarships! Oh come on I am just kidding. Or am I? Either way I am hoping that I am giving my girls the best experience I can because I know in few blinks of my eyes they will be off to their own lives leaving me behind!
Becca
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Well, my mother was den mother for her three sons, and was leader for my brownies through girl scouts troops. This involvement in the troops overlapped children and her duties as a class mother.
I do remember my mother being a co-leader. So there was always two leaders. I really do not know how she did everything she did without having a car in suburbia Long Island. I know she had to arrange a lot of rides.
I don’t think I ever thanked her. Some times I think I resented how involved she was and how frustrating it was for me to share my mother.
I may have mentioned to her in the past year (she will be 70 next month) some of the good things I remember about her involvement. But I never actually thanked her. And I probably never will.
I guess in watching your girls (all of your troop members- not just Emma and Abby) I do appreciate all my mother did. But I never said thank you; and I probably never will…
I feel that you are right that it is vital. I wish that more people realized this and continued on with Scouting. The experiences and opportunities are endless…
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