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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a troop leader with next to no help from parents.  In the Daisy and Brownie years, I had a co-leader and things were not so bad.  Although I still had the problem of getting girls to actually show up for things that were planned.  And then I only had 2 girls planning to continue into Juniors, so I attempted to merge with another troop...but due to a series of strange events, I wound up with a troop again and am basically running it myself.

I do try to make it fun for the girls, most of whom are brand new - since I only get them for a chunk of time every couple weeks (darn overscheduled children), I cannot deviate from that.  We have done badges at nearby Fairfax County Facilities (pay someone else to lead it!) and have a field trip to the Fire House at the end of the school year.

I think it is a good activity and depending on the troop leader and families involved, it can be a blast.  I have fond memories of my days as a scout.  I want my daughter to stay involved because I love the service projects they do as they age and the fact that you can get scholarship money if you stay with scouting through hs.  Just find out what kind of commitment there were be in the troop your daughter might join - an hour or two every couple weeks isn't a lot.  But please, don't leave the leader to do everything.  I have been everything this year and it is frustrating.[/quote]

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