Dd recently gained a place in a Brownie pack and she and I were so pleased. She's been twice and loves it (mainly because her friends are there and dd is a very social animal) but I'm not impressed. The leaders seem disinterested and vague. You're lucky if they tell you where to pick up from and if they do tell you, it may be wrong. They give scant notice of extra activities the Brownies should be involved in, even when it is obvious they must have known for ages, and one of them can be a bit shouty, which just strikes me as totally unnecessary.
In contrast, the other Brownie pack, which meets next door to dd's and on the same night, seems really good. (Grass is always greener?) Where dd's seem to do a lot of colouring-in and faffing about indoors, next door's lot are always running around outside. Activities planned for dd's lot aren't always age appropriate either. ('Pamper Night' for Brownies, anyone? Even dd boycotted that and her best friend described it as, 'Boring!')
Dd is so pleased to be a Brownie that she's willing to go, regardless. Would you stick with it, or not?
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Alwaysworthchecking · 01/08/2010 22:14
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