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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love my children, but I really don’t like children in general. I don’t gush over babies, think everything toddlers say is precious, or appreciate the brutal honesty kindergarteners share with the world.

That’s why I’m grateful that people who do tolerate children better than I can volunteer or have careers so my kids’ lives were richer. I hated volunteering in my kids’ classrooms or chaperoning field trips. I’d rather drill holes in my toenails than try to coach preschool soccer.  I’d so much rather pay extra fees and drop off snacks than work with children. Because it’s so stressful and unpleasant for me to be responsible for a group of kids, I’m even more grateful that others step in where I can’t or just don’t want to.

I did lead their Girl Scouts troops for nearly a decade, but there was a lot of parental support and freedom to tailor the meetings to fit our group’s needs and keep it fun. Even with that, I know how thankless and consuming jobs with kids can be, so again, it makes me more grateful that other people do it so I don’t have to.

We all have talents and interests, likes and preferences. Maybe you’re like me and you need a drink after you chaperone a class trip. Or maybe you’ll be like my sister who adores her kids’ friends because her kids like them and they like her kids, so she seeks out ways to be involved in the classroom. I’m sure that you’ll find plenty of other ways to enrich your kids’ lives and give back to the community even if it’s not through volunteering with children. But please don’t make things unpleasant for the people who do work with kids just because you don’t like doing it. You’ve already acknowledged it’s low pay/low respect most of the time. Boost them up for making the world better, don’t make their lives harder because they picked a hard job. [/quote]

+100 This is basically me. My mom and my SIL are different and [b]light up around kids[/b], and I am thankful there are people like them in the world doing work with children.[/quote]

I am like this. Your wording captures it perfectly.

Children blossom when surrounded by people who marvel at the amazing little people they are. [/quote]

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