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I thought the scouts were to teach girls how to be business women,

they need to get hi tech. The door to door thing is more easily a way for a girl to get grabed by some pedifile. That's how a child was targeted and was died years ago it was in the media.

With the online thing a parent would have each person's name and address. Ofcourse if I had a daughter I would go with her to deliver the cookies. Even boys I don't let my kids canvas the neigborhood selling stuff for fundraisers it's too dangerous.

How many parents still send children door to door to sell things...
It isn't safe.... We always order from the catalogs when our kids do fundraisers and don't allow door to door selling. Never know who might spot your kid and then target them when your not around.
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I do agree though, that online sales is in no way more dangerous to preditors than going door to door. The leaders are to teach the girls to be independant business women and times they are a changin folks! We no longer have door to door salespeople, electrolux even has a website..lol

I don't think that the entire Girl Scout organization should have a website to buy cookies from, but each individual troop should be able to promote their cookies in any way they can to pick up more sales.

If that means a commercial on u-tube with a link to an eBay auction or store then so be it. As long as they came up with the idea on their own and the grown ups are thinking they are going to profit from any of it.]]>Mar 23rd 2009 8:57AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/03/21/8-year-old-girl-scout-stopped-from-selling-cookies-online/http://www.switched.com/2009/03/21/8-year-old-girl-scout-stopped-from-selling-cookies-online/CHANGES::
2nd Paragraph: Not 'dangerous to preditors', but 'susceptible to preditors'...


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