Daisy Girl Scouts? Any leaders/parents out there?

[etwinchester]

I'm glad I found this thread. I'm thinking about signing up as an Assistant Leader for my DD's Daisy troup. It will be her first year and I'd love to move up when she does and was told that it was ok to do that.

I was talking about it with my mother in law and she told me it was good and bad and here is her reasonings...

Good:
* Helping out
* Spending time with DD / plus a hobby for me

Bad:
* Too much time with DD
* DD needs to develop her own personality


She sometimes think that I'm trying to have DD just like me and says that she needs to develop her own personality and do things she wants (by the way, she's 5). Well, we tend to teach them what we know and till they get older, they want to do some things that you do. To me, her personality is going to change so many times over the years. It was DD idea to go into girl scouts and she asked me why I couldn't stay. My DD also wants to hunt with daddy, she'll have a daughter/father activity as well (I personally hate hunting). What's wrong with spending quality time with your children?

DD is in Kindergarten all day.

I'd love to have a mother/daughter activity - there are parents that see it as a babysitting service but I think it could benefit the both of us. I could learn a few things from it as well.

Am I wrong for considering becoming an Assistant Leader? They have over 100 girls this year and could use the extra help and I'd love the opportunity to do this with my daughter...

Do you think I'm trying to hinder her having her own personality???

 

[aprilgail2]

Am I wrong for considering becoming an Assistant Leader? They have over 100 girls this year and could use the extra help and I'd love the opportunity to do this with my daughter...

Do you think I'm trying to hinder her having her own personality???

100 girls?????? In ONE troop????? My goodness! We have 15 and they are closing it off to new members, it has the perfect number right now..I can't imagine the troop with even 25 girls in it!
Why would it be wrong to be an assistant leader?? I think its a great thing for you to do with your daughter if you have the time! I don't see how you being a leader will hinder her having her own personality at all....ignore the in- law!

 

[aprilgail2]

OH NO!

Daisys didn't Plan a trip to the firehouse, Home Depot etc... the leader did. All that does is make more work for the leader. Plus what do these girls do as Brownies... Go to Disney I don't think so! I met a Daisy leader like this in training.... )

So far we have our Brownie trips for Oct down ....This weekend its the fire house for fire prevention, This Wednesday they are all going to a local zoo since school is closed...the following Sunday we are going to an old time fair and the weekend after that we are going camping at a local aquarium...we also have Disney On Ice coming up and I am not sure what else for November.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Do you think I'm trying to hinder her having her own personality???

That is just silly. Your dd has her own personality regardless if you are a GS leader or not.

What a strange thing to say.

ETA...

This comment was directed at the mother not the OP of the quote. I wanted to make that clear since it kind of looks that way.

 

[etwinchester]

Sorry for the confusion, not 100 in one troop... It is 100 registered all together. Each group (daisy, brownies, etc..) all meet at the nursery school since there is 4 levels and LOTS of room...

The meetings are Tuesdays from 7:00-8:30. Is it very time consuming being an assistant? I don't mind being there during the meetings on Tuesday. I don't know how much time is needed to be put into it besides the meeting and I'm trying to get a feel of that.

 

[Barb D]

I ended up deciding NOT to do it. I don't know if they got someone else, or if there is no Daisy group this year, or what.

Part of my decision was based on my general busy-ness (three active kids, a full time job, and the medical need to exercise regularly), and part that DD IS in Kindergarten all day and really doesn't need another social outlet. She's already doing choir at church, starting Irish step dancing in a couple of weeks, and possibly piano lessons in the spring. (Oh, and I'm teaching her Sunday School class every other week.)

That said, my own years in Girl Scouts definitely helped shape who I am now. I was involved from 2nd grade into college (as a camp counselor.) DD12 was never interested, but I'd love to get DD5 involved in a few years. I just didn't think it was crucial to do it NOW.

 

[aprilgail2]

DD12 was never interested, but I'd love to get DD5 involved in a few years. I just didn't think it was crucial to do it NOW.

Is it different where you live then here? Here if they are not in Daisys they usually end up on a waiting list for years...Last year the troop had the max kids they wanted in there and then one left this year and moved away so they took one off the waiting list....the waiting list has about 25 kids on it waiting to join the troop..it may take year for some of them to be allowed in or it may be never...

 

[The Mystery Machine]

I ended up deciding NOT to do it. I don't know if they got someone else, or if there is no Daisy group this year, or what.

I would rather someone be honest with themselves. If you don't have the time, you just can't do it.

My 9yodd has had a new leader every year almost. It really is not the same thing as my older dd. I was a leader and had a terrific coleader.
It has to be "right", you know?

 

[DisneyVillain]

When she leaves for college, you will be glad for every little thing you did with her. Go for it!