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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sometimes standards are held just way too high. If Alpha Mom whose kid has graduated always professionally decorated the Halloween Bash and it looked like a showplace, that’s great. But worker bee mom is the only one volunteering to do it now. So let her do it and maybe it won’t look as Pinterest-worthy. Instead my PTA is rejecting her offer and holding out for a new professional event planner (whoever she may be) to lend her skills because “we have to outdo ourselves.” [/quote]

OP here and ITA. Sometimes people fail to correctly level-set in terms of what is even needed. One thing about stuff like decorations or "professional level" contributions is that it generally only impresses the parents. The kids don't care. This kind of becomes my mantra when I was on the PTA and participating in some of the event planning -- how do we get the most bang for our buck for the kids? Often people want to spend large money on something that adults like the idea of (say setting up an elaborate Photo Booth at an event with lots of props and a pro photographer and a photo printer so kids can take their photos home after) but kids would actually *prefer* to run around on the playground, which only requires that the event make sure there are some volunteers to keep an eye on the kids and that the play ends at dark. Otherwise free! I saw a lot of this on the PTA and one of the reasons I started to step away is because I just couldn't understand what the point was of dedicating so much money and energy to certain things when there was often an easier, cheaper way to do it that the kids would like just as much (with the benefit of burdening parents less).[/quote]

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