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[quote=Anonymous]This seems normal.

In high school they need parents to do the heavy lift on some things but the kids usually don't want the parents there. Don't get me wrong, the kids need you but they need you present in their lives, present at home, able to advise, able to get them where they need to go and support them. They do not need mom setting up a bake sale and selling popcorn at the field hockey game everywhere they turn when they are 16.

We are super involved parents, go to all games, go to the school events, and are a taxi driver for our kid and their friends when asked. We donate money and time when asked and have been to a handful of parent events, but we are not PTA parents who have tons of parent friends at school. We can always make polite conversation but we are mucn more like you describe. My sister OTOH is a PTA mom. She is a SAHM and at the high school probably 3 days a week. I am confident she adds value but I am also pretty sure her kids feel suffocated. I worry about her identity when her kids graduate in a few years because everything she does is wrapped up in their school. You're doing just fine.  [/quote]

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