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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the PP who whined about the "volunteer" requirement.

I wonder if a better way to think of it as opposed to an activity run by volunteers, is as an a parent-child activity.  It's an activity that is designed for families to do together, and doing it together is what some of us love.

Think of it like a parent-toddler gymnastics class that runs at 10 a.m. on a weekday.  If a family where both parents are at work at 10 a.m. on weekdays announced that it was "so elitist" and that they were going to drop off and let the "volunteers" sit next to their child and help him on the balance beam, and take him to the bathroom, or better yet that they were going to come and sit over on the edge and video tape because they were tired from their jobs, or that the other parents should do some fundraising and hire helpers for those poor rich kids whose parents are working, everyone would realize that was absurd.

Now, if someone and their kid is signed up, and they break their leg, or are 9 months pregnant, or their mom is in the hospital, then a lot of people in parent-toddler class would step up.  Because they are probably decent people.  And that happens a lot in summer swim. [/quote]

I think that’s an excellent comparison![/quote]

We were in a babysitting “coop” where parents were supposed to babysit for other kids, and in return other parents would look after theirs.  We dropped out pretty quickly because it was clear some parents were just using it for free babysitting and never reciprocating.  People like this are called moochers.[/quote]

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