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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess some of you are shocked that some parents complain more than helping, or claim they are too busy. This is the current generation of parents to a T. Constant complainers, constant finger pointing, constant passive aggressive, constant selfishness and naiveness about their own children’s behavior and work ethic. This. I suspect that the parents complaining that they get no response are the parents that make an absolute pest of themselves. There is only so much nonsense an institution will put up with before you are just noise. [/quote] As a PTA parent, I can tell you this has more than a grain of truth. There's a generational shift between young Gex X and older Millennials that makes it really challenging to get folks involved. People complain on the listserves and in closed FB groups about the absolute dumbest things, but no one volunteers to get involved. There's only so many times I can type "Actually, no one stepped up to lead that activity this year, but if you want it for next year, I'm happy to set you up with the person whose child graduated who handled it before." [/quote] So true. There were so many more volunteers in school and PTA when my oldest kids (in college and high school) were in ES. Now my youngest in ES (4th) it is like pulling teeth to get volunteers and many teachers request no volunteers and one told me (a friend) it was because they would only work or worry about their own kid and their kid would be stressed. The differences are very obvious. [/quote] Our school does not allow volunteering except a rare occasion. We are happy to volunteer and donate anything requested and send stuff regularly our kids report is needed. [/quote]
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