zenmomma *

>>If you would be willing to sign up as the leader, you could set the
tone of the group. You could make sure that it's a free, everyone is
accepted and the girls decide the activities rather than being
authoritative kind of group.>>

This is what I've done. I ran Casey's Brownie troop with all homeschoolers
and this year we're forming a new Jr. Girl Scout troop with a mix of kids.
We have a meeting in the very beginning and I ask them what they'd like to
have happen with the troop. When it was just little 6 year old Brownies, I
asked kind of general questions like would they like crafts at meetings,
lots of time to run around, games, field trips...? I'm sure now that I'll
have an older troop of girls, they'll be able to help plan the actual
activities even more.

Life is good.
~Mary


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Shyrley

On 1 Sep 02, at 11:52, zenmomma * wrote:

>
> >>If you would be willing to sign up as the leader, you could set the
> tone of the group. You could make sure that it's a free, everyone is
> accepted and the girls decide the activities rather than being
> authoritative kind of group.>>
>
> This is what I've done. I ran Casey's Brownie troop with all
> homeschoolers and this year we're forming a new Jr. Girl Scout troop
> with a mix of kids. We have a meeting in the very beginning and I ask
> them what they'd like to have happen with the troop. When it was just
> little 6 year old Brownies, I asked kind of general questions like
> would they like crafts at meetings, lots of time to run around, games,
> field trips...? I'm sure now that I'll have an older troop of girls,
> they'll be able to help plan the actual activities even more.
>
> Life is good.
> ~Mary
>
>
I did think about it briefly even though I knew I couldn't do day-time
stuff cos of my two boys but having MS means I can never make a
commitment to anything as I don't know how functional I'll be. I'd
hate to have people relying on me just to find I'm unable to go out
for a week. :-(

Shyrley


"You laugh at me because I'm different. I laugh at you because you are all the same."

zenmomma *

>>I did think about it briefly even though I knew I couldn't do day-time
>>stuff cos of my two boys but having MS means I can never make a commitment
>>to anything as I don't know how functional I'll be.>>

That sucks, Shyrley, I'm sorry. :-(

I guess if I couldn't be a leader for Casey's troop, then I'd just be a big
mouth in whatever troop she was in. <g> I'd try to help when I could and get
my ideas in there when possible. I'd also play it meeting by meeting,
leaving it open for Casey to stop if she didn't like it anymore. Just doing
the badges at home as an individual member can be fun too. Casey did that
for her last year of Brownies.

Life is good.
~Mary

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Shyrley

On 1 Sep 02, at 15:00, zenmomma * wrote:

>
> >>I did think about it briefly even though I knew I couldn't do
> >>day-time stuff cos of my two boys but having MS means I can never
> >>make a commitment to anything as I don't know how functional I'll
> >>be.>>
>
> That sucks, Shyrley, I'm sorry. :-(
>
> I guess if I couldn't be a leader for Casey's troop, then I'd just be
> a big mouth in whatever troop she was in. <g> I
>
>


Now there's a job I can do :-)

Shyrley


"You laugh at me because I'm different. I laugh at you because you are all the same."

Gerard Westenberg

<Just doing the badges at home as an individual member can be fun too. Casey did that
for her last year of Brownies.>

Three of my sons did that last year with Boy Scounts. We couldn't get to meetings so we did the badges at home.They had great fun - and weren't looking for extra socal contact so didn't miss the group things...Leonie W.


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On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:19:36 +0930 "Gerard Westenberg"
<westen@...> writes:
> Three of my sons did that last year with Boy Scounts. We couldn't
> get to meetings so we did the badges at home.They had great fun -
> and weren't looking for extra socal contact so didn't miss the group
> things...
>
And my daughters loves to social "tribe" aspect of girl scouts and
couldn't care less about doing the badges <g> It helps that her leader is
an unschooling mom.... and to be honest, a lot of the badge stuff looks
kind of dippy.

We're fine with girl scouts because it is an inclusive group, and the
policies against homophobia and religious discrimination are clearly
spelled-out. My daughter, at least, wouldn't have participated otherwise.
This isn't true of boy scouts, though...

Dar

joanna514

> >
> And my daughters loves to social "tribe" aspect of girl scouts and
> couldn't care less about doing the badges <g> It helps that her
leader is
> an unschooling mom.... and to be honest, a lot of the badge stuff
looks
> kind of dippy.
>
> ...
>
> Dar

My dd is the same way. Her leader is a homeschooler and knows we are
unschoolers and is very relaxed about what the girls do. They can
work on badges on their own and present what they've done to get the
patch, or not. They also do some group badges that usually take the
year to complete.
My dd worked on one on her own and I kinda nudged her through it.
She was glad she did it, but has never worked on another one.
We both felt that there was fun stuff to do to get the badge, but
some pretty "dippy" stuff too.
Joanna