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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a millennial parent and work 2-3 jobs because of the boomers, so I don't have time.[/quote]

That's understandable, and I am sure since you can't volunteer, you wouldn't sign your kids up to swim.[/quote]

This is the only answer. The answer cannot be that bc you work a lot, you can’t volunteer, which is an advertised requirement for your kid to participate), yet you still sign your kid up. The woman who cleans my home volunteered for an NVSL team every meet, despite working 12+ hour days most days 30 years ago…so her child could have the experience. If she can do it, everyone can. [/quote]

As someone who volunteers every swim meet (often both spouses, our kids are all old enough to not need childcare), and volunteers for special events, and does support work outside of meets and events ... and holds volunteer leadership positions in other kids activities ... this attitude makes me really sad.  I mean, we need the same number of volunteers for every event, 3 timers per lane, etc.  If Suzy's parents can't volunteer, it really doesn't change the workload for me whether Suzy is on the team or not.  How does it help the team to prevent her from joining?  All you're doing is punishing a kid for her parents' inability/unwillingness/whatever, and limiting the growth of the team.  It's better for all of the kids to include as many people on the team as we can.  You guys are making this too much about the parents and losing sight of the kids, why we're doing it in the first place.[/quote]

I'm a team rep and there's a difference between families who can't volunteer and those who think they're too special to volunteer.  Mom with multiple kids and dad is deployed?  I'm not going to get on their case.  Family with multiple kids swimming and both parents sit in the spectator area so they can video and cheer? Damn right I'm going to assign them jobs.

I don't want to deprive kids of an opportunity because their parents are jacka$$es, but sometimes people stop being jacka$$es only once they realize that their behavior is impacting their kids.
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Yes - exactly.  The problem is not the children of first responders, military, shift workers etc.  Its the people who every. single. year. wait until the jobs are all taken and hope no one notices.  We notice.  I certainly noticed the 8U parent on the pool deck with her husband beside her yelling "Come on Larla, you can beat her" to her daughter about another 8U on our own team...that family has yet to volunteer this season. [/quote]

Could not agree more. No problem with those that have a true hardship, have a problem when parents come, sit through the whole meet and check their email as all the parents around them who also work FT are sweating dumping water bottles into an ice cooler.  Most swim kids have to get their own snacks and get ready for their heats bc one parent is home w siblings and one parents is on deck.  Then it’s annoying to see kids whose parents come to help them get ready, sit and cheer, and leave without doing anything to help the team. [/quote]

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