I hate people who think just because they have an issue with something, you should to. You know the type. One such situation has been going on for a few days and it’s really got me irked; irked to the point that I’m writing this.
As you may know, my daughter is in Brownies, a division of Girl Guides for girls 7 and 8. She loves it. She loves her friends and the ladies her run the program and the ‘girlly’ stuff they do. One of my daughter’s friends moved from a different Brownie group, one that was more active, so she’s feeling a little restless in this group. Her family, specifically her dad, has decided to move her into Cubs, a division of Scouts for boys 7-9 I believe. Traditionally Cubs has been for boys but they have opened up enrollment because of girls who want to do the more active pursuits that Scout do.
Before you jump to conclusions, I have no problem girls belong to the Scouts program; actually one of my nieces, who is more like my son, belongs to a Cub group. And I have no problem that this dad (and his daughter has agreed so it’s not as if she’s being pushed into something she doesn’t want to do) has decided to more his daughter. The issue I have, what’s really boiling my blood, is his campaign to get other families in the Brownie group to move into Cubs. His daughter is currently the only girl in Cubs and he’s trying to recruit her some friends.
The ladies who run the Brownie group our older and not physically active, but they are amazing woman who give so much to the girls in their group. No they don’t go hiking on the weekends and when they camp they eat donuts, but my daughter loves them. Heck my whole family loves them. And here’s this dad making unkind remarks about these lovely ladies to persuade other parents to move their kids. Great example to set for your children: bully and spread rumors and say unkind things to get your way.
I think it’s great that he’s made this decision, a decision that I’m assuming as a family they thought it was a good fit for them, but don’t try to get everyone else to follow. Don’t make your problem my problem; be strong enough to stand by your own decisions, even if that means you are standing alone
I don’t take my daughter to Brownies, that’s something she does with her dad, so I hear these stories from my husband. The father in question is a little odd, lacking in social graces, and we’ve learned to deal with it, so my husband just ignores the whole scenario. It’s a good thing I don’t take my daughter to Brownies because I don’t think I could control my remarks.
Funny, I’m the reserved, turn the other cheek gal, usually talking my husband down from some outburst and now I’m in an outburst situation. I’d like to outburst right across his ass!
