Kids events scheduled during working hours why? (toddlers, activity, child)
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The Girl Scout troop is going to a water park on a weekday. The girls are only 8 so I would imagine that each girl requires a parent/guardian to be there for safety purposes.
Lots of logistics involved in planning these types of activities.
No, girl scout events have a minimum number of non-related adults per child. At 8 years old (Brownies) for an event like this one, you need to have 1 adult for every 6 girls plus another adult if you have more than 12 girls. So if 14 girls are going, you need 3 non-related adults. Extra parents are certainly welcome, but they are not required.
The Girl Scout troop is going to a water park on a weekday. The girls are only 8 so I would imagine that each girl requires a parent/guardian to be there for safety purposes.
Its been a while since I was in girl scouts, but I remember having only chaperones even as a daisy. My mom worked part time, so always based her schedule around field trips and other outings, but I remember her being one of the few parents that was always there. She would usually have 3 + girls assigned to her that she was responsible for looking out for. We would usually get to choose are groups, so it was always just friends of mine, but still I don't ever recall their parents being there as they must have worked full time.
No, girl scout events have a minimum number of non-related adults per child. At 8 years old (Brownies) for an event like this one, you need to have 1 adult for every 6 girls plus another adult if you have more than 12 girls. So if 14 girls are going, you need 3 non-related adults. Extra parents are certainly welcome, but they are not required.
It might be something as simple as transportation logistics - getting kids to/from the water park combined with who is watching which kid at the water park (swimming abilities vary, that's probably up to the parents to work out any way). Hard to tell. But I would check with the leader before asking one of the other parents to bring my child to this event- there might be other considerations that we're not aware of.
Last edited by springfieldva; 04-19-2013 at 04:59 AM..
Its been a while since I was in girl scouts, but I remember having only chaperones even as a daisy. My mom worked part time, so always based her schedule around field trips and other outings, but I remember her being one of the few parents that was always there. She would usually have 3 + girls assigned to her that she was responsible for looking out for. We would usually get to choose are groups, so it was always just friends of mine, but still I don't ever recall their parents being there as they must have worked full time.
It's been something like a hundred years since I was a brownie/Girl Scout. But if I remember correctly, there were regular meetings and outings (nature centers) that I would at times attend w/o my mom because she worked full time. But there were special activities (like camp outs, hikes, swim parties) which all of the moms would attend with their daughters.
No, girl scout events have a minimum number of non-related adults per child. At 8 years old (Brownies) for an event like this one, you need to have 1 adult for every 6 girls plus another adult if you have more than 12 girls. So if 14 girls are going, you need 3 non-related adults. Extra parents are certainly welcome, but they are not required.
Troops can certainly set their own guidelines that exceed what is required officially by the girl scouts.
When I was involved in girl scouts we'd occasionally set up some activities as to require parent involvement. At the very least we'd require that the parents drive them there and pick up.
In some settings we'd have a few girls that weren't really trustworthy. You'd be surprised how the dymanic of just one child who can't really behave can change how you do things.
Maybe I am being too simplistic here or am missing the point.
Why don't you just call the mother who is planning these events, explain the situation and ask her to offer options that include weekends as an alternative that everyone can vote on?
It may simply be that the leader didn't offer weekend options because she has other prior obligations on weekends. Toward the end of the school year there are things like spring soccer, Mother's Day, high school and college graduations and dance recitals, just to name a few.
As far as working parents, the troops my daughter has been in have primarily been composed of working moms. I actually meet very few SAHMs of school age kids. There were moms who almost never participated, no matter when the events were scheduled, and the reason they gave was that they worked.
I've almost always worked non traditional hours. OP, there are more people than you think that do work but might be free in the hours directly after school. This includes some in professional jobs.
One of the things that caused me to walk away from scouts is that there were a handful of parents that would complain, wanted to have a say in this or that but were never around to get their hands dirty. Want to have more of a say as a parent....then get involved.
Maybe I am being too simplistic here or am missing the point.
Why don't you just call the mother who is planning these events, explain the situation and ask her to offer options that include weekends as an alternative that everyone can vote on?
Or am I missing something?
While I think it is nice to be able to vote in some situations, it really isn't possible to do so every time.
When I organized activities, I'd provide the information, if there was enough interest, then we would proceed forward. I myself really didn't have tons of flexibility to offer more than one time for people to vote on. We did have some weekend activities though.
Last edited by Larkspur123; 04-19-2013 at 10:46 AM..
To me, it seems like a day event like this wouldn't be planned for a weekday simply because the kids are in SCHOOL on weekdays! An afternoon event, after school, maybe on a weekday. But an all day event? Makes no sense to me why it would even be on a weekday. Unless it is over a school break or something like that?
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