Last night dd's school had a kids fun night. The grades for her building are 3rd-5th & it was for her building only. They called & asked if I could still help out as a parent. The National Honor socitety kids (junior & seniors) ran children activities including hair/make-up/nails, dance dance revolution, karoke, crafts, guitar hero, games (including disney scene it :mickey:) plus more. It was a lot of fun. I helped with getting the kids picks of what 3 activities they wanted to do I think there were 10 in total. They got to pick 3 activites had 30 minutes at each one. After all the kids were through picking & at their 2nd activities they had snacks & i helped 2 of the teenage boys with the snacks (probably good thing I was with them they kept helping themselves. I had to laugh everytime the one thought he was sneaking a chip). They put them on carts & we went to each area & let the kids have the snacks. I enjoyed it and had no problem being there. However if I didn't volunteer I wouldn't have been there but I would have let dd.
Which leads me to being a bad mother. While I was helping a mother came in with her 2 children she was upset because the activities were happening in different rooms how was she ever going to be able to be with her children. The daughter was already heading to her first activity while the brother was still deciding. The mother was standing there completely bewildered. The advisor to the national honor society(an adult) in charge told her that she didn't need to be there at all. You would have thought you told her to cut off her arm. She said she can't just leave her children. I could understand if it was a community thing but it was a school sponsored event. It was obvious there were a lot of parents around. I guess maybe cause I'm with my children 24/7 I don't feel this way. I trust my dd to behave the right way while I'm not there. More than likely you will have less problems with her if I'm not there. Of course I seize every opportunity to get rid of them...:thedolls: I was ok whatever she wasn't the only parent there that was like that. There were other ones that I know the mom & she went with her ds & her dh went with their dd. I guess what irritates me is they are always saying they never have enough volunteers but if you go somewhere where dh & I volunteer for there is always enough parents but they are just there to watch their kids. Why not volunteer to help? Then they wouldn't be scrambling for help & possibly canceling things.This almost happened with one of dd's rollerskating parties. Dh signed up well in advance to volunteer. They called confirmed. This is what they said to me. (I knew the mom that was in charge & she was really frazzled probably why I knew why)They had just enough. Dh showed up there were more than the 5 adults they needed. Why:confused: they were the parents that have to be there to be with their kids all the time. You know you are going to be there why not just say "ok since I'm going to be there I will help." It would definitely make it easier for the person in charge. I originally said I would help when they sent the sheets home asking for volunteers to help with various things in the beginning of the year. Some I can't help with because it was during school hours & I have 2 more at home or it was a night that someone already had something else going on. I did this one figuring dd would more than likely go so I might as well help out.I then only saw dd once or twice the whole time. I wasn't worried she was having fun without me being there plus she was behaving.
I like helping out. It is after all my children. I'm a parent that is actively involved in their avtivities. I help with dd's junior bell choir. I was one of the few mother's that was there for girlscouts when they needed volunteers etc Its not like I don't do it. I even went on dd's field trip to the farm (which is not a wise choice for my allergies, also the farm is near my parents house I use to visit the farm when I was a kid.)
Basically my point is if you know you won't leave your kids somewhere other than during school hours then step up & volunteer to help!