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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Three kids, I work full time and we move quite often.  I just don't have the time.  [/b]I attend school functions, donate and make purchases through the PTA.  Overall, PTA is pretty low on my totem pole.  Sorry.

In my mind the PTA is for SAHMs.  I'm sure that is a broad assumption and I will get flamed, but that's my two cent donation.[/quote]

You're right.  This doesn't cut it.  Please retire the idea that your time is more valuable than anyone else's.  You are simply choosing to use it in a different way.  Instead of saying I just don't have the time, think of it as the people on the PA also 'don't have the time' and sacrifice their time.  I served on our school's PA for a few years.  Working moms, yes.  A few working dads, yes.  Single parents, yes.  Not one SAHM though she would have been welcome.   And I would have looked at her time as a sacrifice as well.  
However, if you do the things you say you do --contribute what you can, show up to events--you are participating.  A PA / PTA is simply a parent association.  It's great that you kick in as best you are able.  Maybe one day you will be able to stretch and do more.  It's acceptable to be at different points in life for volunteerism, as long as you try to do what you can.
My ire is directed at the amount of parents I've encountered who simply choose to do NOTHING at all. Not one, freaking thing.  Except possibly complain.[/quote]

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