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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I'll come at this from another angle. Are you asking those other parents for favors too? If you're doing favors for them, it should be because you can, and because they are part of your "village" and you can call on them to return the favor when you need something. Whatever that something is. If you're not cultivating your village, it's just unpaid work. [/quote] I agree that cultivating a village is worthwhile. But in my experience, a village makes itself known because people don't just call you for favors, they offer to do things for you. My neighborhood is village-y like that. We get asked for favors, but we and others get offered favors when it's perceived we might need it or when it's easy for the other parent to do. "Is Larla going to Larlo's birthday party at out-of-the-way play place tomorrow? Jane is too, why don't I take them both, I have some shopping to do near there." That type of thing.[/quote]
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