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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There seems to be a lot of people invested in the status quo rather than finding solutions to address the lack of volunteers. [/quote]

The solution is the moochers stop signing up. Problem solved.[/quote]

Exactly- this is not an issue unique to swimmers or even sports. We raised a generation of individuals who received trophies for not even showing up, and were coddled and praised all the way through college and beyond. These individuals are now parents and think everyone is there to serve them while they do squat.

When people decide to have children they used to recognize it came with making sacrifices, whether it’s making less money for a more family friendly job, or not participating in activities you can’t fully commit to.

Parents who think it’s okay to disengage while other parents pick up their volunteer jobs are entitled a-holz. [/quote]

That’s interesting, and I had not thought about volunteer demographics until you wrote this. Our team’s highest level volunteers (reps and officials) are largely GenX, with some older millennials woven in. We are a big (but not huge) top division team, and the officials/reps are mostly older than 45 years old.[/quote]

You can tell who these participation trophy parents on this thread they are the ones complaining that they do not have the time and both parents work and it is not fair, etc.  They use arguments that this was something done by households with a stay at home and that the burden falls on moms, etc.  That has not been a thing in the DC area since the early 1970s, and even then it was shifting to dual income homes.  So most of these arguments are two generations ago and not the case for their own parents.  It was a generation not raised to sacrifice and they will not even sacrifice for their own kids.  [/quote]

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