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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I worked and raised two children who seem to have successful lives (you never know).  My biggest regret was knocking myself out when they were in school to volunteer in the classroom and also for home/school events, it was too stressful and pretty thankless looking back. It took time from my life and family that I honestly did not have to give. What my time was better spent doing was working with my children on their schoolwork and advocating for them in the classroom.
That really helped my children to be better prepared and gave them confidence,[/quote]

This is so interesting. I have always WOH - kids are now in HS. When my kids were younger, I felt compelled to try to compete with the SAHMs by volunteering whenever I could. It stressed me out and if I'm being honest, I sometimes did it more to keep up appearances and not be seen as an absentee mom than I did out of some sort of desire to help or serve. Along the way, I figured out my time was better spent one on one with my kids (not to say I didn't ever volunteer) but once I stopped trying to keep up with the SAHMs, I found I made better choices of how to best support my kids.  I invested my time where it mattered most to them, not to what made me look good in the eyes of others.  Obvious, I guess, but it took me a while to get my head on straight about this. [/quote]

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