Love Girl Scout Cookies.
But, sometimes I hate how they’re sold.
You know, when I was a kid and I was a cub scout having to sell candy, my mother would help me a little bit, tell me where to sell, some people to sell to, BUT I was the one that went with the boxes of candy down the street, door-to-door. I made the phone calls and rang door bells to make sales myself.
What I see now with Girl Scout Cookies is parents doing everything for their daughters to sell. They bring the forms to the office. They call up their friends and family. Where’s the value in that for your KIDS?
The whole goal is to TEACH the kids. Have them learn how to sell, how money gets made and the importance of helping to promote a charity and a cause. It should teach them essential personal skills.
Having the parents doing all the work with the kids in the background, or not even present, is just counterproductive.
So, the question is, are you letting your kids grow up? Are you letting them learn the lessons they need to learn? Or, are you doing everything for them?
It’s okay not to come in first place for the Girl Scout Cookie selling contest. I think what’s important is that you teach your kids how to compete, how to sell and how to work independently by taking on responsibility of their own...just saying.
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