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[quote=Anonymous]The two moms I know who have been GS leaders put a LOT of time into it.  Mostly, it seems, because other moms just aren't willing to help out.  For instance, my SIL was a leader, and would often have to watch some girls after the meetings because their moms couldn't pick them up right after the meeting finished, but because of the meeting, the girls couldn't go to their usual after-care.  The same SIL had to be the "cookie mom" when no one else volunteered ... not only did it mean being present every weekend for some number of weeks at the mall when the girls were selling cookies, but it also meant going to at least a couple organizational meetings (including a very competitive meeting where the area cookie moms selected their time and location spots for their cookie sales at businesses in the area), ordering and storing the cookies and coordinating with the other parents for pick-up, etc.  She said that they had 2 meetings a month (this was a younger group), plus they tried to work on one badge per month and do one field trip.  So she did all of the planning for what happened at the meetings and the field trip, which was then tied into the badge they worked on.

Anyway, my SIL is super involved with her kids, does tons of volunteering at schools, etc., but I think she got pretty burned out by it.  [/quote]

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