Parenting

My child doesn't like it when I compliment them... why?

Today at my kids annual check up, my son was super sweet and cute holding my daughter’s hand while she was afraid of having a shot. In the car I said how proud I was and that was so nice of him. As soon as I started to compliment him he said ”don’t talk about that”. It made him uncomfortable that I was complimenting him in that way.  Why is it so uncomfortable to hear about something he did that was so sweet?

Is Girl Scouts the right fit for my daughter?

This afternoon we had our 2nd Girl Scout meeting. It’s about 15 girls and moms that I don’t really know (combo of K & 1st graders). I told my daughter before the meeting that her vest may look a little different than the other girls as her yellow flag pin hadn’t arrived. When we got there and it was time for all the moms to pin a gold pin on the yellow flag my daughter had a fit and ran out of the room. I coaxed her back in but then she said “girls scouts is so stupid, it’s so boring, all we do is draw. I hate Girl Scouts.” I was mortified. Several of the moms in the room have worked so hard on the meetings, making them s