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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am really baffled at the idea that requiring volunteering is elitist. Or foreign or whatever. The entire swim team is run by volunteers from picking suits to coordinating pep rallies. Many of whom have full time jobs and do this in their “spare time”.

The tone in this thread of being put out because you have to volunteer for your kid’s activity is vile. Look around the meet. Pretty much every person timing or herding kids in the melting heat is a parent.

My husband coaches multiple sports and last season he was coaching 2 sports. For our 9 yo football team there was no asst coach. And everyone just dropped their kids at practice as if he was a babysitter. He couldn’t even get the majority of parents to bring snacks. Only the parents we knew thanked him at the end of the season. Forget a card or gift. This is not the first time and it won’t be the last. Kids sports don’t run without people like him.

I do the majority of volunteering in another activity. I have specialized experience so I end up working on a specific job the majority of the day, I’m happy to do it but it’s a lot. We have a bunch of new, entitled parents who mysteriously disappear when it’s time to volunteer. It’s like the rest of us work for them.

We all pay the same amount for swim team, soccer etc. If you choose not to pull your weight, your kid should be barred from meets until you do. I’m tired of entitled, selfish people who think we basically work for them. Please just go away, kids sports are not for you. [/quote]

Preach. +1000[/quote]

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