Girls learn important skills by selling Girl Scout cookies...themselves. What parents and adults need to know to help girls sell Girl Scout cookies, by not helping too much!
This is AWESOME! I am a Brownie troop leader and my daughter who was a Daisy last year made it to the 500 Club. She did the work and I couldn't be more proud. This video makes the point that the girls, themselves, need to do the selling. :D
We sold cookies last year and while i did go with her to neighbors houses etc. I made her go to them and ask them to buy, record what they bought and even deliver the cookies and make change herself. I was always by her side as backup but she did the brunt of the work. She may not have sold nearly as many boxes as some of the other girls whos parents sold for them but she felt accomplished because what she did sale, she sold and she did the work herself.
My son and I are helping his daughter sell cookies this year. She is a first year Brownie. She is walking her feet off! She has gone out for at least 4 hours with only 21 boxes sold. This has not diminished her cookie selling spirit! She asks her dad to take her out again and again. I help with the email portion of her sale. She sold 750 boxes last year with her mom's help. I have no idea what her mom did to help her, but we are making her do the work. She is proud of herself and so are we. I am her leader, so I will get as many cookie booths as our troop will man. I will sign her up for her fair share. i hope that she meets her goal, but I am more interested in helping her learn how to run her business.
