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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a teacher, though I SAH when my kids were little; later, I returned to work part-time and then full-time. My youngest is about to start her senior year of high school. As a parent, what I figured out -- the hard way, I must admit -- is that I hated being a room parent or doing teacher-appreciation week (ironic, I know). Those activities just felt way over the top to me and seemed to attract drama. What I enjoyed was volunteering to support the extracurriculars my kids loved -- theater and sports. My kids appreciated my efforts and it was a lot easier to recruit volunteers among parents whose kids were really involved. Plus, I actually had fun and made a lot of friends that way. And, since I was working on other stuff, nobody asked me to help with parties; if they did, I just said, "Oh, you know I wish I could, but I'm doing sets for the play/hosting the lacrosse team dinner." [/quote]
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