That is so funny because I was a Brownie dropout. When my daughter wanted to join, I tried so hard to talk her out of it. Two years later, I was a leader and realized how great it was. There is also Juliette's for those who just do the activities with their moms. My daughter was this for this year and we joined cool activities for other things. It is so different than it used to be. The badge stuff is so fun.