we had an issue with a parent in our troop and she made a huge deal about another girl in the troop and her daughter's interactions. It got way out of control, but regardless, when we got council involved it was decided that BOTH girls would need to find another troop. needless to say, both girls were devastated and it all stemmed over an imbalanced mother who lost it...the girls lost out, which was a real bummer...but as far as any other girls and parents in the troop understood, these girls just simply found other troops to join.
It is important to talk to this leader about the health of her troop and what girls/other parents need to know. At this point,, you are in damage control phase as she's already sent the email. It needs to be clear to her that when we have things go wrong there is a right way to handle it and a poor way. Girls should NEVER be involved and should never know what is going on (as much as is possible)...and this goes for Brownies all the way up to Seniors. Parents need only know what is imperative that they know, and typically that is simply that they girl is finding another troop. Also make sure she understands that while being a leader IS a volunteer position, she CAN be removed from her position if council deems her continued actions a potential harm. In that case, those girls left in the troop would all have to find new troops, including her daughter (assuming she has a daughter in the troop). Negative behavior goes Both ways, and she can hurt a lot of people if she continues on and that will not hold up in Girl Scouting.
it really stinks to be in the middle of something like this...good luck!
we had an issue with a parent in our troop and she made a huge deal about another girl in the troop and her daughter's interactions. It got way out of control, but regardless, when we got council involved it was decided that BOTH girls would need to find another troop. needless to say, both girls were devastated and it all stemmed over an imbalanced mother who lost it...the girls lost out, which was a real bummer...but as far as any other girls and parents in the troop understood, these girls just simply found other troops to join.
It is important to talk to this leader about the health of her troop and what girls/other parents need to know. At this point,, you are in damage control phase as she's already sent the email. It needs to be clear to her that when we have things go wrong there is a right way to handle it and a poor way. Girls should NEVER be involved and should never know what is going on (as much as is possible)...and this goes for Brownies all the way up to Seniors. Parents need only know what is imperative that they know, and typically that is simply that they girl is finding another troop. Also make sure she understands that while being a leader IS a volunteer position, she CAN be removed from her position if council deems her continued actions a potential harm. In that case, those girls left in the troop would all have to find new troops, including her daughter (assuming she has a daughter in the troop). Negative behavior goes Both ways, and she can hurt a lot of people if she continues on and that will not hold up in Girl Scouting.
it really stinks to be in the middle of something like this...good luck!
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