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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP and her coven are definitely the Too Cool For School / Not Like Other Girls type.

Is it now fashionable to say you are “terrified” of the PTA? I am not in a leadership position because I work and don’t have time, but I do volunteer frequently so that I can feel part of the community (private school) and because my kids like seeing me around school. And because I recognize that they put on valuable events for the students and faculty.

I do playdates to encourage social skills and hang out at bday parties when appropriate to get to know other parents. Again, to build community.[/quote]

My kids are older, but I am realizing in retrospect that I was actually triggered by the PTA and PTA meetings and a lot of stuff that kind of reminded me of my own childhood. My parents were very eccentric and strange, and I frequently felt very out of place at school events. I never had the right clothes And I was raised by people who didn’t allow us to listen to secular music or read the books or watch the TV shows that other kids were watching on, so I was often quite isolated. In retrospect, I wish that I had dealt with my own childhood issues sooner, because they impacted my parenting more than I was willing to admit , I think I avoided a lot of things that triggered me and made excuses so yes, depending on your background, I could definitely see being terrified by the PTA and those incredibly confident extroverted women who enjoy situations like the PTA. I’m still intimidated by women who are cool and trendy. And to the woman who says that avoiding these things is doing your children, a great disservice and what if you get cancer and they have no community, I would ask for a little bit of empathy. Life can be really hard for a lot of us and we are all just doing the best we can it’s good that you have standards, but a lot of us are never going to meet your standards. We just do the best we can. [/quote]

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