Every mother I know was a working mom. Save mine (health issues) and my friends (very wealthy).
Even some of the really wealthy moms I knew still had jobs. My sister is married to a wealthy man and she still works with two kids. She can work from her computer and occasionally must go to deliever speeches.
I think the rise in divorce rates has shown women that they need to be able to become independent of their man. And if need be, pay all the bills on their own.
Girl Guides is like boy scouts, really it is. Boy scouts is so watered down that it's a mere shadow of it's past glory.
My father put me in scouts. He did the who shabang. From 5 to 18 years of age he did that beaver,scout, rover, queen rover shit. When I left after a year, he was not upset. Back in his day, they shot guns, went camping frequently, and went on practical field trips learning about how stuff works and why nature is important.
Today, it consists of sitting in a circle in some stuffy building, listening to some fat fuck talk about the time he broke his back and how the doctor shaved bone of his leg to connect the crack in his spine. When thats over you do stupid boring crap which is unintersting. IF you don't have your hands clean and your uniform in perfect order, you get a demerit.
The incompitence of the leaders is my best memory of that organization. We went camping in the winter one year high up in the mountains, around whistler. Long story short, our leader, some stupid broad, got us lost while hiking. We did 3 circles and were way over due on getting home. With temperatures dropping and the sun going down, I grabed the compass and map from my quasi-hysterical leader and brought us home.
It was my shining moment and made the whole Scouts expirence worth while.
This post has been edited by Jordan: 22 October 2006 - 01:09 PM