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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here are my observations: as girls mature, they begin to question more things on a philosophical level that requires the adult to be more involved, have good listening skills, really enjoy kids in that age range and be willing to engage in a two way conversation.  What often happens are the moms really just want things to be a case of I am telling you what to do, so do it and don't question.  I realize not all troop leaders or troops are like this but many are.

[b]Many parents put their DDs in the troop in the hope of their DD gain social skills but over the years the girls remain socially awkward because GS leaders are not likely to be providing the kind of guidance socially such girls would need. It makes it more difficult for all the girls involved.[/b]

Lastly, other activities become more important.  Sports in particular require more attention and practices.  So it becomes a choice of what the girl wants to do more or what the parents wants more.[/quote]

[b]GS leaders are volunteers though and not a group of licensed psychologists[/b].  You must be very diplomatic when speaking to other people's children as a volunteer.  Some of the kids who need guidance are not the socially awkward ones.  The kids who participate in bullying also need guidance but they don't think so.  They view their social skills as being wonderful because they're not being excluded.  As a leader, I've also had kids who simply don't think they need to participate in what the group is doing, i.e., if they signed up for camping, they get assigned a duty and some of the kids just don't think they should have to do chores or take on responsibility.  Or they want to do something unsafe. So a leader may be in the position of having to say, this is what you're doing.

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Our troop leader is a SAHM and a "licensed middle school teacher" (as she stressed over and over again) so she pontificated regularly how her troop is different. Sure, it was so different that her daughter bullied multiple girls in the troop. Then, if a parent volunteer had the gumption to say something, the troop leader defended her daughter and verbally attacked the parent volunteer.

No thanks. My daughter did not need it, did not like it, and had enough experience with bullies at school. As for me, I deal with enough crazy people at work - I don't need to be forced to volunteer to deal with them on my time off, too.[/quote]

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