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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This seems more like a generic post than anything.
I agree its hard to get people to volunteer, we are all busier now than our parents were. However, some parents have an expectation of free events or activities being provided with no effort put in by them. Maybe PTA's should limit the events they host, I guess some do at the schools with no parent participation.[/quote]

I think you are reading a balanced approach as "generic" because you only want to read things that confirm your world view.

PTAs could also just be more explicit and say "we have to cancel XYZ events this year because for the last three years we've struggled to find volunteers and it's been very hard to put them on. So we're streamlining to 4 annual events instead of 7 because that's what we feel we can do without overextending the actual volunteer availability we have." And then if people complain, oh well. It's very simple -- did you volunteer for events? If not, you can't really complain that they cancelled them.

I think what you'd discover is that a lot of parents are actually relieved at fewer events because they are so tired that not only do they not have the energy to volunteer for them, but it's a big burden even to attend these events and they only do it for their kids and then drag themselves home after, exhausted, and wishing they could have spent the evening having a normal night. I know so many parents who view these events as obligations they attend so their kids won't feel left out and would be so relieved to cut back on them. I think this is the majority of parents I know, probably because at this point most of the parents I know are well out of the ECE eager beaver phase. [/quote]

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