SD10 decided this weekend that her and the girl next door should go around raising money for Kony 2012. I have my own opinions on Kony 2012 but was surprised she was wanting to do something to benefit someone other than herself. DH said no way she was going door-to-door and said she could have a lemonade stand instead.

So on Sunday morning, off they went to get lemonade stand supplies. SD10 and her little friend made signs and put them up around the neighborhood saying "Stop Kony!" and "He turns children in killers!" and whatnot. They made the lemonade and went out to the curb to sell it. They were outside for maybe 2 hours before getting bored, which is alot longer than I thought she could entertain herself, and made around $20. They spent the rest of the afternoon playing Just Dance and squealing and running inside the house.

It wasn't until later that I realized that SD and her little friend split the money evenly and called it a day. Now. I know $20 isn't alot to give to charity, but I think it is so wrong to put up flyers and get money from people under the pretense that you are giving it to a good cause. Even if they had given half of it away to a homeless person, that would have been better than keeping all of it for candy or whatever. I asked DH what he thought about it and he basically ignored me and changed the subject. I brought it up again and he said "it wasn't a lot of money." But it just seems so wrong to me. Of course since she is the favorite, she will never face any consequences, just like she will continue to bang on our bedroom door every morning and will continue to sit in my husband's lap until she is 16 years old. I am really starting to dislike this child.