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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think this is something frequently debated amongst women in their 30s and 40s and thank God, completely dropped in their 50s. Not because kids are grown and it doesn’t matter, but because it becomes apparent that whether someone was a SAHM or not just doesn’t matter. Everyone made the best decisions they could for their families and hopefully ended up with purposeful, fulfilled lives and so did their kids. The meaningless comparisons just intended to prop up the one doing the comparing…they just fade away.[/quote]

I'm not yet in my 50s, but I love this response.  I'm a full-time working mom, but I don't give two ****s if other moms work or not.  Parenting is rough, and I don't begrudge moms who decide to do that, without also doing a full-time job.  I do both because I'm passionate about my work and I'm worried about what would happen financially to my family if my husband loses his job.   What DOES irritate me is if they don't volunteer for anything at all... like, regardless of what you do during the day, can you volunteer a few hours at some point during the month to help others? SAHMs who don't help out with the PTA or at whatever other group they are a part of, all the while reaping the benefits of those organizations, THAT is what irritates me. [/quote]

Nope.  Stop expecting women to work for free.  If the PTA does anything worth doing then someone should be paid for it.  I didn’t take a financial hit for my family in order to provide free labor for yours.[/quote]

Nope. Get women AND men to contribute, invest and volunteer for free at local schools. Make it an honor. Otherwise keep complaining about declining standards of public schooling.[/quote]

DP here and a SAHM. Most of that dumb PTA stuff is make-work. I only volunteer directly for my children’s teachers. [/quote]

PTA is school and community dependent and can do amazing to nothing, not a static entity which can't improve. [/quote]

I’m a SAHM and do PTA and room parent. Other moms can contribute differently whether it is Girl Scouts or coaching soccer or basketball. I would never coach a sport. When I was a working mom, I always bought anything the pta or teacher requested.

I often find my pta efforts unappreciated except for by other pta members.[/quote]

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