DD is in yr7 and attended Rainbows. She then had to wait a year before she got a chance to join Guides ( she started in September). I asked her if i could try another section of guides out of area but she wanted to attend this one. ( Adding this bit to show how keen she was).
She does extra curricular activities three days a week at school plus a music class on Saturday so she keeps busy. She also attends youth groups two evenings a week ( all her choice. Writing it down makes it seem like quite a lot )
She’s not attended for three consecutive weeks due to being busy at school, illness and family visit. At Guides, she knows a couple of girls from her primary who attend a different secondary school (DD’s school is out of area).
Quite a few of the girls spend the session on their phones, from what i gather so it looks like some are not engaged. Apart from the girls from primary, she hasn’t really made a friend but it’s early days, i suppose.
She’s now saying she doesn’t want to attend.
She’s very sensible and loves getting involved in trying various activities so i usually let her decide but i’m struggling on this because it’s Guides!
I’m tempted to say attend till the end of this term and see how you feel. AIBU?
If she wants to go back, she might have to wait another year!
Yabu- Let her choose to stop now
Yanbu - Let her wait till end of the term to decide