The Girl Scout Promise

On my honor, I will try:
To serve God and my country,
To help people at all times,
And to live by the Girl Scout Law.

I signed my daughter up for Brownie Scouts. She needs to memorize the Girl Scout Promise and the Girl Scout Law. The Promise is only 4 lines, so we started working on it yesterday.

I read the entire promise to her, then asked that she repeat after me. “On my honor, I will try”. We recited that line a few times, then added “To serve God and my country”. Over and over—about a dozen times. Next comes “To help people at all times,”

My daughter (MD): “But what if they’re mean boys?”
Me: Just say the line.
MD: But I don’t want to help the mean boys.
Me: Okay—so you don’t have so help the mean boys, but you have to say the line.
MD: But the lines says ALL people.
Me: No it doesn’t. It says, all TIMES.
MD: Even when they’re mean?
Me: That’s enough for today. We’ll work on this again tomorrow.

I never imagined that my 6-year-old would take a conscientious objection to the Girl Scout Promise. Mean boys ruin everything!