Girl Scouts participation has been wonderful for my daughter, but we didn�t re-enroll DS again after the pinewood derby event because we were literally dumbfounded by the overt competition amongst the dads. Poor DS showed up with a block of wood with wheels that he had painted with almost every color ending with a murky purple-black. The other kids had aerodynamically designed cars sporting very detailed painted designs. We watched a few dads insist on positioning the car for their son�s to �launch� and getting angry with them if it weren�t executed to their specifications.

My handle is not that creative and I�m not that well--read!