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It's not Monday but... FB stupidity
A girl I went to high school with has a few young kids and posted this today:
The kids are begging me to take them to school tonight to sign up for cub scouts. Is this a good idea?? Too dorky?? Im torn!!
For some reason this really bothered me. I mean, if your biggest worries about your children are that they'll end up "too dorky" then you really need to reassess your values, IMO. Luckily all seven ppl who left comments said to sign them up. Hopefully she'll follow their advice.
Re: It's not Monday but... FB stupidity
Ted is an Eagle Scout. At this point in his life that doesn't mean very much, but up until now basically, that has meant a lot and it even helped him get his first couple of jobs in his field. I don't think joining clubs like that is ever really a bad thing. He said he loved being in the Scouts, they went camping and hiking all the time. His dad was super involved with his troop, so it would be Ted, his dad, and brother doing all of this stuff together. Those are some of his favorite childhood memories.
And just to add my last 2 cents - I think it's so wrong to ever deter your child from doing something like this! If your kid is asking you to sign them up for cub scouts - sign him up!
Also, Ted & I already know any kids of ours are going to be dorky - and we're ok with that. We both agree that if the worst our kids are is dorky - we're more then fine with that.
I know! I think of the alternatives (asking you to buy them booze or something) and I can't think of a reason NOT to sign them up for scouts.
She added later that her husband was more apprehensive about it. I just think parents should try to keep their own self-conscious baggage to themselves and focus on raising GOOD kids, not necessarily COOL kids.
AMEN.
Cool or not... if the kids want to do it, do it. I mean really? I was a girl scout and I loved it.
And how stupid does it make her look as a parent.
Stuff like this makes me so mad... in high school - DH was a jock and I was, um, a bad influence... and we have talked about it - and no matter what our kids want to do - as long as they are doing something they are passionate about (as long as it's not like torturing small animals).... we will support them.
And personally - I would feel much better about having my kids involved in something dorky than doing the things I was doing...
ITA.
And, if the kids think it's dorky, let them decide for themselves. I remember a lot of kids quit scouting in middle school because of that, but at least they decided on their own. This lady's kids are in elementary school.