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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, that troop leader is definitely in violation of GS rules and the agreement she signed as troop leader.  You could report her to the GSCNC (local council)--I don't know if they would close down a troop over this or what they would do. It's totally contrary to GS spirit.  I'm a leader and it's very hard to get the pre-teens to be respectful....but I don't put up with the mean girl crap.  If I hear them saying things that are unkind or disrespectful to each other, I remind them of the GS law, which they all studied as daisies.  I also work hard to assign teams and such randomly to break up the cliques.  
Most leaders do work hard at this stuff...maybe you can find a better troop?[/quote]

+1.  From another GS leader.  It is hard at this age and I had a troop basically fall apart because the girls chose clique behavior over the troop.  With my younger daughter’s troop, I am really stressing the GS law as part of everything we do and telling the girls the most important thing to me is that they treat each other as sisters (meaning they don’t always agree, aren’t always going to be besties, but they are always going to have each others’ back at the end of the day).  You really have to set the tone that GS is not just another social gathering.  If you can’t at least try to be considerate and kind, respect yourself and others, etc.  it’s not GS.  
Maybe there is an older troop in the service unit that can lead a meeting or badge on a related topic?  The teen girls that stick with GS are well aware of this dynamic and are probably nest situated to figure out the best way to get it back on track.  I think 4th-6th grade are the criticism heard where you either cross that bridge or you don’t.  They are testing social limits now.[/quote]

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