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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is sadly probably a working parent issue. Swim team was historically only SAHM because of practice times, but now with more telework you are getting more working parents.

But working parents would VASTLY prefer to pay hire fees and simply hire refs and timers and upgrade equipment than squander their limited non-work hours doing swim martyr duty.

Cultural divide. [/quote]

Historically as in the last 10 years or what? When I was growing up, tons of working parents ran the swim meets, especially dads. It was a huge social thing and these were definitely working parents because I remember doctors with pagers, dads timing in rolled-up dress pants, and moms changing out of heels. Obviously this was a while ago. The only moms around at practice were the ones with toddlers who had morning swim lessons; otherwise kids showed up at practice alone or with a high school babysitter from the neighborhood.

The idea that no one can be expected to volunteer because there aren’t as many SAHMs anymore is ridiculous. I think people have just decided that using their energy for anything that isn’t paid work somehow makes you a chump. [/quote]

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