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    What is a home room mom?

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    Yes, I understand the above...been there. Which is why I did not volunteer again this year. wink

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    Puffin, Two parents for each class get picked to help with class parties and such. This should give you an idea:

    http://roommomroom.blogspot.com/2008/02/organizing-your-parents-and-parties.html

    It can be a bit of a nightmare.

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    Irena, I keep waiting for you to pack it in and join us over here on the dark (homeschool) side.

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    I'm the PTA president at dds school and ALWAYS there. I make copies, I cut stuff out, I do bulletin boards, I paint, I organize, collate, all of that crap. When dds teacher approached me about being room mother I begged her to find someone else and not make me do it.
    She was more than a little surprised. Room mom is the pits! Let's outdo each other! Let's worry about sugar but not food dye! Let's get passive aggressive when the other parents don't do things the way you want them done!

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    That's like going to the doctor's office and staying for the magazines.

    "Hey! We reproduced around the same time. We must have a lot in common."

    Ummm....a uterus?


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    Originally Posted by puffin
    What is a home room mom?
    and Q2: why do they exist?

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    A: Because some people apparently lack anything better to do, and feeling this lack quite keenly, would like to force others onto their personal trolley that goes to "Make Believe that I'm Martha Stewart Land."

    It's nothing like an episode of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood beyond that, though.



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    Originally Posted by 22B
    Originally Posted by puffin
    What is a home room mom?
    and Q2: why do they exist?

    good question.
    this is a person or people who have been asked or volunteer to help out with coordinating between the teacher and other parents. when a project calls for sending socks and glue, this parent gets to send the emails, at least that's how they do it at the school's my kids attended.
    I don't recall a homeroom mom when I was a child, however, so I guess it is somewhat new.

    the other big one is: end of year or teacher appreciation gift coordination. I am sure there are other duties as well, but just volunteering in the classroom here and there would probably not quite be the same as 'THE homeroom MOM'. wink

    Why do they exist? I am not sure.

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    Sounds like a pain in the ass for all concerned to me. I can just imagine the control freaks lining up for the job though.

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