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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's dual employment. Severe shortage of SAHPs. [/quote]

Also, the funny thing is, when there were more SAHPs, there were less of these extra school activities. Back in the day, you maybe had one field trip and one class party per year. I'd prefer going back to that myself. I don't think fairs, gardens, etc. are worth the trouble. I'd rather schools just focus on in class learning.

I'm older, but I think the younger generation of parents is onto something. [/quote]

Agree. Speaking for our public schools, they hardly teach some of the fundamentals like spelling and grammar. I would rather they focus more on learning than have these extra activities. [/quote]

My mom was a SAHM back in the 80s and she spent zero time at the school volunteering. There weren’t all these extras at the time demanding her time. The SAHMs back then didn’t create a bunch of make work jobs for themselves so they could hang out at school all day. I’m not sure exactly when the shift happened but someone at some point decided kids needed a spirit week with themed days, breakfasts for the teachers and teacher appreciation week with daily activities (provided for by volunteers), fun fests/fall fests/spring whatever, over the top classroom parties with snacks and crafts parents need to figure out, 100 day parties, dress like a book character, etc. When and why did schools decide all of this was necessary? [/quote]

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