You say you don’t have time to lead your daughter’s Girl Scout Troop?
If you think you are “too busy” to lead your daughter’s troop…
Think about this…
Your daughter is 5 years old, and in Kindergarten this year.
Due to Medical Advances – Children her age are expected to live to about 100.
Their parents, who are about 35 now – are expected to live to about 75.
So you and your daughter have about 50 years together in your shared lifetime.
Considering she is 5 now – about 10% of that time is already gone. Does it seem like it has been that long?
You have about 13 years before she is grown up and gone to college.
That is 46% of your time together that she has left to live with you, in your home, where you will see her every day, even if only for a few minutes.
I say, if only for a few minutes, because around 13 years old –
the major influence in her life is going to become her friends. With school, sports, band, and other school clubs, and homework, the activities she will do with her friends will take up what seems to be her whole day – You will probably see her for 20 minutes in the morning and long enough to have diner in the evening.
The time they spend in school and activities with friends is going to far outweigh the time she spends at home with you.
Keeping this in mind, you really only have about 8 years of quality time with your daughter.
8 years, that is just over 1½ times the amount of time you have already spent with her.
Girl Scouts is a remarkable opportunity for you and your daughter to share a great variety of FUN, EXCITING, and POSITIVE experiences with her. These are experiences that give you an opportunity to help her grow into an adult that you’ll be proud to point to and say: “That’s my daughter – She’s a good person.” and you will know you were the person in her life that helped her to become that person.
So before you say – I don’t have time to lead her troop,
think about how important she really is to you, and how becoming involved with scouts will not only help you to shape the next 8 years, but can help you to hang on to a few more precious years that many parents don’t have the opportunity to have.
The Girl Scout program has a program level available to every girl from 5- to 18-years-old – and they all need adult leaders/advisors.
And when she has a daughter of her own, and says she simply doesn’t have time to be a leader, you can tell her you thought the same thing, and tell her what changed your mind.
Interested in making some quality time with your daughter over the next 8 – 13 years?
If you think you are “too busy” to lead your daughter’s troop…
Think about this…
Your daughter is 5 years old, and in Kindergarten this year.
Due to Medical Advances – Children her age are expected to live to about 100.
Their parents, who are about 35 now – are expected to live to about 75.
So you and your daughter have about 50 years together in your shared lifetime.
Considering she is 5 now – about 10% of that time is already gone. Does it seem like it has been that long?
You have about 13 years before she is grown up and gone to college.
That is 46% of your time together that she has left to live with you, in your home, where you will see her every day, even if only for a few minutes.
I say, if only for a few minutes, because around 13 years old –
the major influence in her life is going to become her friends. With school, sports, band, and other school clubs, and homework, the activities she will do with her friends will take up what seems to be her whole day – You will probably see her for 20 minutes in the morning and long enough to have diner in the evening.
The time they spend in school and activities with friends is going to far outweigh the time she spends at home with you.
Keeping this in mind, you really only have about 8 years of quality time with your daughter.
8 years, that is just over 1½ times the amount of time you have already spent with her.
Girl Scouts is a remarkable opportunity for you and your daughter to share a great variety of FUN, EXCITING, and POSITIVE experiences with her. These are experiences that give you an opportunity to help her grow into an adult that you’ll be proud to point to and say: “That’s my daughter – She’s a good person.” and you will know you were the person in her life that helped her to become that person.
So before you say – I don’t have time to lead her troop,
think about how important she really is to you, and how becoming involved with scouts will not only help you to shape the next 8 years, but can help you to hang on to a few more precious years that many parents don’t have the opportunity to have.
The Girl Scout program has a program level available to every girl from 5- to 18-years-old – and they all need adult leaders/advisors.
And when she has a daughter of her own, and says she simply doesn’t have time to be a leader, you can tell her you thought the same thing, and tell her what changed your mind.
Interested in making some quality time with your daughter over the next 8 – 13 years?