Remind me never to show you any consideration in the future. I guess all of those years I spent "covering" for the career moms and the single moms when I was "room mother" and "block parent" and Cub Scout leader and Camp Fire Girl leader and "band booster parent" and drove the cross country team 500 miles to meets and "cookie baker" and "cupcake provider" and car pool driver and PTO fund raiser and Prom chaperone were all wasted.
I always wondered if the carefree career women and single women who left their kids on my doorstep were laughing at me behind my back.
Now I know that it was true.
I doubt multitudes willingly left their children to your tender care. I know for a fact that I didn't.
As for any other mother laughing at you “behind your back”, well that would depend on what your attitude regarding your “volunteer work” was at the time.
I think it's wonderfull that you spent large amounts of time directly involved in your own children's activities at school and with their various “clubs” and sports!
How horribly rude of me not to be eternally gratefull to you for your selfless dedication to your own children's interests!
I guess my cookies and cupcakes were never as good as yours, since I baked them late at night whenever it was my turn to supply them.
You have never “covered” me or my child in any way. And I have never asked you to do so.
I don't care about public school bands, cross country teams, Camp Fire Girls, car pools, block parents etc. My small family is not involved in any of those activities.
Because I don't actively support them, does not mean I would ever support ANY attempts to ban them, just because some other child's “feelings” might be bruised.