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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]90% of the child-related volunteer mental/emotional/physical labor is done by moms and the newer generation of moms are not into doing free labor that is being taken for granted and baked in to the school budgets. They no longer need or want that validation. [/quote]

This is pretty true.  The reason men aren't very involved in PTA is that it's very little tangible and financial reward for time spent.  You have to see and value the intangible community-building aspect of it.

I was asked to step in and run a PTA craft fair fundraiser with six weeks notice.  The financial return to the PTA was fairly equivalent to what the women leaders involved would have earned in hourly billings as freelance consultants, ad agency, graphic designers.  We probably could have raised just as much money with a straight appeal for cash donations.  I did the work because cancelling would have cost the PTA money.  But I would rather have just donated.  It cost me two days vacation and about a work week of personal time.  Some people think craft fairs are a fun community activity.  I don't.  We are not doing it this year because nobody stepped up to kick it off.  We will fundraise a different way or spend less.  So we don't give out free snacks during exam week and tickets to the after-graduation event cost more.  The world will keep turning.  [b]I do PTA so I can get in front of administrators about academic concerns.[/quote][/b]At least you admitted it.[/quote]

I’m a DP but I don’t understand what’s wrong with doing PTA in order to engage the admin? Do you think PTA volunteers should be solely motivated by a love of decorating classroom doors?[/quote]

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