Parents claim a girl guide with a range of emotional and behavioural difficulties is "a bad influence" on their daughters and threaten to withdraw them from the guide group. A guide leader explains how she tackled the situation and supported the girl. It can be hard working with troubled young people but often the most difficult thing is tackling the prejudice of others. One example is an experience from my time as a girl guides leader. It involved a 13-year-old girl who had emotional and behavioural problems. She had a behaviour contract with social services and was allowed to come to guides as part of...