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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I posted this once and got all the same crazy-ass responses you're getting.  I think it's a wonderful thing to instill the importance of volunteering in young children.  I had to drop both my weekly volunteer activities when I had kids.  I was stretched too thin between full-time work and having babies and something to had to give.  I had to switch to a more episodic type of volunteer work and pitch in on weekend projects when I had time.  I get it.  It's nothing to be ashamed of.

Anyway, here's a website you can check out that might have some good options.

https://www.edcjcc.org/community/community-service-and-social-justice/days-of-service/d25-day-of-service/

There is a group that packages up toiletries and some other stuff for homeless shelters, and my 3 year old was able to unobtrusively help with that.

Another group does deliveries, which is a lot of car time, but certainly a 3 year old could help.

Good luck.[/quote]

Curious as to why you feel the responses “crazy ass”; is it jut or mostly because you don’t agree with them?

Not having a regular weekend volunteering gig after having children is one thing. Worrying about teaching your three year old the apparent value of volunteering *only on the holidays* is another.

People needing help is 24/7/365. Patting yourself for the back for teaching your children to be helpful seems to be a holiday themed trend.

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I'm referring to comments like this:

[b]Volunteering should be a part of your day-to-day life. Not once a year "show-and-tell."[/b]

The automatic assumption that:

1) You do nothing else
2) You're doing this purely for selfish reasons

When I posted this last year or the year before, people made comments like "Oooh, looking for your next Instagram post"? and crap like that.  I've never once posted any volunteering I've done on any social media; I hardly even use social media.

Anyway, when I was a child, my dad took me along whenever he volunteered; to homeless shelters to hand out meals, animal shelters to clean cages and pet the animals, serving food at special holiday meals etc.

I was able to help out in all these events, and as an added "bonus", my father instilled a permanent sense of community, responsibility, compassion etc. that has lasted a lifetime.[/quote]

Ok, so you walk the walk. For a lot of posters, its just assuaging their generic Rich White Guilt. [/quote]

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