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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I do think this expectation IS more ratcheted up than when we were kids.  (I grew up in Fairfax County also -- public hs.)  I think the moms who have chosen to stay home take it very seriously and try to do their best at everything, which means that [b]the holiday parties which were a few cookies and some fruit punch when we were young, are now bigger extravaganzas and have grown to require more parental involvement.[/b]  Everything is "too much" and the kids could be happy and learn a lot more if we scrapped a lot of new things, like Dr. Seuss Day (wear a silly hat and bring in your favorite Dr. Seuss book), 100th Day of School (dress up like a 100-year-old), etc.  ENOUGH.  By not participating to run these things or help with these things, I am "voting"/trying to demonstrate that I think they are unnecessary.  I won't be forced to participate in the "more more more".[/quote]

WAY TOO MANY cookies at the holiday parties now. Nobody wants to be thought a deadbeat, so everybody sends in enough cookies for the whole class. 24 kids x 24 cookies = ridiculous excess. I agree in wishing that there were a lot less of this kind of stuff.[/quote]

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