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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been leading my daughter's Girl Scout troop since she was in kindergarten.  We've had our ups and downs with various situations in the group but we have come to gel really well as a troop including with almost all of the families.  And then there's "Suzie"

Suzie's parents went through a divorce when she was a first grader.  It was very chaotic with accusations of assault and alcoholism and God knows what else.  During this time they didn't show up to meetings, they didn't respond to anything, and then they'd come out of the woodwork and wonder why nobody told Suzie about the cookie booth or horseback riding, etc.  Once the divorce was settled a couple of years later the mom apologized to me for being so flighty saying it was all because of the divorce, etc.  She volunteered to come on an overnight trip as a chaperone which I was excited about but she proceeded to get very very drunk and sneak her dog into the hotel.

I should also point out that Suzie is a wreck.  She cries at every meeting if she doesn't get her way.  She literally cried because I gave her a yellow cup instead of blue (she's 11 years old).  She will deliberately hurt herself and then cry hysterically for attention.  At least half the meetings I have to call her parents to come get her because she's hurt or sick.  They rarely answer so she sits out most of the meeting.

Fast forward a couple more years, the girls are about to go into middle school and are trying to decide if they want to disband the troop.  We have decided to spend down all of our savings on a big trip this year and I've sent at least 5 emails about it.  One for availability (no reply from this family), one for choice of location and activities (no reply), one confirming date and choice of location (no reply), and one with all of the details of the trip and asking for volunteer chaperones (no reply).  I have emailed the family directly TWICE asking them to respond.  Nothing.

At this point I have to book a few of the activities before they fill up.  I also cannot have this child attend the overnight trip (3 nights) without her mother because I cannot handle the shennanigans.  But the mother got so drunk the last time and snuck in the dog.  And if I don't book soon I will not be able to get the girls into all of the activities I have planned for them.

So do I go to the council about this?  Or should I just give them a deadline (like a week or two from now?) and say if I don't hear from them that Suzie cannot attend?  I want to remove her from the troop.  I know they say the difficult girls need scouts the most but this kid takes more than half my energy and I don't even think she likes it.  HELP.[/quote]

I would absolutely contact council. It might end up being a non-issue, but if Suzie's mom gets all bent out of shape I think giving them forewarning would be a good idea.

Our troop leader had a somewhat similar issue with a kid with major emotional and behavioral problems. The mom unfortunately seems kind of nuts. When our troop leader told the mom that Larla needed to be accompanied at meetings the mom went ballistic (GS is supposed to be inclusive!) and the troop leader needed council for backup.

Poor Suzie. [/quote]

The problem about not including Suzy and citing THAT ONE TIME is that multiple other moms were also involved THAT ONE TIME and no one is talking about not including them.  [/quote]

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