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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 577896" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Susie put that so well. </p><p></p><p>And I was also going to suggest that since you love this so much and the other kids benefit from it so much..........then why in the world would you stop? I certainly wouldn't let a child of mine (or anyone else for that matter) stop me from doing something that I love to do. Life is too short for such nonsense. </p><p></p><p>I can offer this to you:</p><p></p><p>My aunt did scouts for all three of her kids. She did cub scouts until her boys were too old and transferred up to Boy Scouts. She did the Girls Scouts with my cousin from Daisy all through the teen years.....until cousin dropped out. She continued even after cousin dropped out about age 16 because she'd had the girls in her troop from Daisy Scouts as well and they begged her to remain their troop leader. There was also no one to replace her should she quit. My aunt was a fabulous troop leader, firm yet patient with an amazing creativity and a way of making everything they did tons of fun. I didn't get to experience it first hand but I often saw all the projects she thought up for them to do ect and I admit it sparked many ideas I carried over for my own kids later down the road. </p><p></p><p>My cousin was a major difficult child the moment she hit the teen years. I'm not sure if she'd have a real diagnosis or just one of major class A spoiled brat. She and her mom started butting heads severely at around age 14 and it went straight down hill. I'm 3 yrs her jr and I just could never figure out what cousins problem was because she had the most FUN and involved mom on the planet. I'd have given anything to have my aunt as my mother. But it seems that once those teen hormones hit cousin was bound and determined that everything her mom liked or wanted to do.......she hated. (although I knew better and so did her mom and everyone else) She'd *itch and gripe and go on and on how lame it was.......and it seemed to make her rebellion worse. By age 16 her life started taking a downward spiral......typical difficult child style. </p><p></p><p>Cousin was in her late 30's, had finally been clean and sober for a few years before being brave enough to try to reconnect with her mom. She apologized for not appreciating at the time of her teen years how much her mom had loved her, how much her mom had been willing to show her she loved her by trying to be an active participant in her life. It took that long out in the world....living the hard life she'd made for herself that bordered on a living hell for my cousin to appreciate that so many children didn't have the special mom that she did. Her mom was just her mom. Know what I mean?? </p><p></p><p>So while your daughter is *itching about you being an active mom now? Somewhere down the road later she IS going to appreciate it. </p><p></p><p>Hugs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 577896, member: 84"] Susie put that so well. And I was also going to suggest that since you love this so much and the other kids benefit from it so much..........then why in the world would you stop? I certainly wouldn't let a child of mine (or anyone else for that matter) stop me from doing something that I love to do. Life is too short for such nonsense. I can offer this to you: My aunt did scouts for all three of her kids. She did cub scouts until her boys were too old and transferred up to Boy Scouts. She did the Girls Scouts with my cousin from Daisy all through the teen years.....until cousin dropped out. She continued even after cousin dropped out about age 16 because she'd had the girls in her troop from Daisy Scouts as well and they begged her to remain their troop leader. There was also no one to replace her should she quit. My aunt was a fabulous troop leader, firm yet patient with an amazing creativity and a way of making everything they did tons of fun. I didn't get to experience it first hand but I often saw all the projects she thought up for them to do ect and I admit it sparked many ideas I carried over for my own kids later down the road. My cousin was a major difficult child the moment she hit the teen years. I'm not sure if she'd have a real diagnosis or just one of major class A spoiled brat. She and her mom started butting heads severely at around age 14 and it went straight down hill. I'm 3 yrs her jr and I just could never figure out what cousins problem was because she had the most FUN and involved mom on the planet. I'd have given anything to have my aunt as my mother. But it seems that once those teen hormones hit cousin was bound and determined that everything her mom liked or wanted to do.......she hated. (although I knew better and so did her mom and everyone else) She'd *itch and gripe and go on and on how lame it was.......and it seemed to make her rebellion worse. By age 16 her life started taking a downward spiral......typical difficult child style. Cousin was in her late 30's, had finally been clean and sober for a few years before being brave enough to try to reconnect with her mom. She apologized for not appreciating at the time of her teen years how much her mom had loved her, how much her mom had been willing to show her she loved her by trying to be an active participant in her life. It took that long out in the world....living the hard life she'd made for herself that bordered on a living hell for my cousin to appreciate that so many children didn't have the special mom that she did. Her mom was just her mom. Know what I mean?? So while your daughter is *itching about you being an active mom now? Somewhere down the road later she IS going to appreciate it. Hugs [/QUOTE]
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