i feel used

[weedmaster]

recently i've had alot of things to sort out for a kids football club i run.i give alot of free time to this,but most parents just look at it as a place to get rid of their kids for a few hours.i only have 2 parents who help out the rest aren't interested. it's makeing me feel like an unpaid child minder and it's started to depress me,i feel like throwing it all in, but theirs noone else who is willing to do it, and i dont want to let the kids down. sorry for going on but i just needed to vent my frustration.

weedmaster Reviewed by weedmaster on 04-18-2007. i feel used recently i've had alot of things to sort out for a kids football club i run.i give alot of free time to this,but most parents just look at it as a place to get rid of their kids for a few hours.i only have 2 parents who help out the rest aren't interested. it's makeing me feel like an unpaid child minder and it's started to depress me,i feel like throwing it all in, but theirs noone else who is willing to do it, and i dont want to let the kids down. sorry for going on but i just needed to vent Rating: 5

[ToDrunkToFish]

Well do they work? Do they show up at the games or whatever you do?

Oh wait unpaid? Damn. vent away.

[Scottydoo]

lol demand a paycheck, atleast that is what I would do

[weedmaster]

most dont work at the weekends i have to get most the kids to the games,like i said they just use it to get rid of their kids for a couple of hours.

[Skink]

You were chosen to make these kids feel wanted...

[rebgirl420]

wow hun, im sorry! Yeah vent away. You deserve too

[Storm Crow]

But remember, you are there for the KIDS! The parents can take a flying leap, but those kids are important. When they get older, YOU will be the happy memory of childhood- not the parents. As their character forms, YOU will be the guiding light. People, like us, who choose to work with kids, have an "echo effect" through the generations. We change lives for the better. We offset the effects of having parents who are apathetic, abusive, or absent. We make the difference!

I work in special education and with "normal" kids (two part-time jobs at the same school. I work from 8 AM to 5:45 PM, every day). In just the last couple of weeks, I've had among my kids- two yanked from their homes and placed in foster care, another's Mom was arrested during his 10th birthday party, a father abandoned his family-leaving two crying little girls, two more grieving for their dog that was run over as they watched, one 6th grader who is clinically depressed, and more. These are the kids we are sent to help.

Get your focus where it should be, on the kids! And thank heaven for those two caring parents! They are rare!- Granny:hippy:

[BizzleLuvin]

parents.......heh.

[napolitana869]

Sounds like those parents should have never had kids in the first place. When I played sports as a child I almost always had at least one parent at games watching. There were several other kids who's parents I never saw. Those are the parents who are shocked when their kids start skipping school and getting into trouble. At least your there for those kids, even if its not fair to you.
Maybe you could send a letter home with the kids asking for more parents to help out or something

[LIP]

Your doing a great thing man - those kids wouldnt be getting the excersise, and they wouldnt get to meet up and enjoy themselves - but i know exactly what your saying - the other parents should be staying, helping out. It should be an even load - but your the one who does it coz you care - and theres not enough people like you mate - and you know i mean that!