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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This one is still too raw to assess fully, but right now, I feel guilty for spending so much time volunteering at school and in the community when my kids were in elementary and middle school. I still think it was the right thing to do. However, since the pandemic, I wonder whether I should have focused more on my own kids and less on helping others. I'm fairly certain that my kids are not inspired by the work and instead see it as evidence that being a do-gooder is a futile waste of time and that everything I told them about the importance of community and giving back was BS.[/quote]Please don't be so hard on yourself and you might be surprised at what your kids [i]really[/i] think of all your earlier work.

I, too, spent a lot of time volunteering in ES (mostly because I had the time, SAHP at the time), loved our neighborhood and school, and the activities I was helping out with. Did less of it in middle school -- mostly because ours became of the age when it wasn't cool for mom to be around/help out and COVID rolled through nixing most school and social opportunities.

But now, in HS, while they might playfully whine that Mom's along as chaperone or driver, they know I'm often the "last resort" and their field trip or activity likely wouldn't happen if I (and others I can rally) don't pitch in. Plenty of unsolicited thank yous from them, their friends/classmates, and teachers....and it is my pleasure, once again, to do it.

Here's hoping time will heal that one.[/quote]

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