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<blockquote data-quote="dstc_99" data-source="post: 594757" data-attributes="member: 15473"><p>Having attended many a cheer mom meeting (GAG ME) I can say it doesn't really matter where you sit. Half the people who think their kids are super kids would be amazed to hear what the coaches though about them. Those kids are often as pompous as their parents. The parents in the other tiers usually have the better player or better team player but they chose not to upgrade themselves based off of their kids abilities.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand having run the booster club and several other non profit type things I can say that there is a general consensus that the person in charge is snooty or a know it all. in my humble opinion that isn't always true. I spend more time trying to help the disadvantaged kids (financial, mental, athletic) and their parents because none of the PP needed me to support them. Sometimes you just have more experience or come from a different background and get judged for it.</p><p></p><p>IE: I work in a professional setting and wear dress clothes but live in a small farming (backwoods) country county. Because I wore work clothes to the meetings and didn't own a farm animal they thought I was snooty.</p><p></p><p>All that changed when I got the thrill of helping at the County Fair cleaning toilets during the night and picking up used condoms and beer bottles in the parking area. They figured out real quick that I was more than willing to get my hands dirty (with rubber gloves on) and do whatever it took for the kids to raise funds even though we could have paid the fees and never volunteered at all.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand you have parents who can't see beyond their own nose and or don't show up for anything so they never change their opinions. Honestly why would you care about them? LOL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dstc_99, post: 594757, member: 15473"] Having attended many a cheer mom meeting (GAG ME) I can say it doesn't really matter where you sit. Half the people who think their kids are super kids would be amazed to hear what the coaches though about them. Those kids are often as pompous as their parents. The parents in the other tiers usually have the better player or better team player but they chose not to upgrade themselves based off of their kids abilities. On the other hand having run the booster club and several other non profit type things I can say that there is a general consensus that the person in charge is snooty or a know it all. in my humble opinion that isn't always true. I spend more time trying to help the disadvantaged kids (financial, mental, athletic) and their parents because none of the PP needed me to support them. Sometimes you just have more experience or come from a different background and get judged for it. IE: I work in a professional setting and wear dress clothes but live in a small farming (backwoods) country county. Because I wore work clothes to the meetings and didn't own a farm animal they thought I was snooty. All that changed when I got the thrill of helping at the County Fair cleaning toilets during the night and picking up used condoms and beer bottles in the parking area. They figured out real quick that I was more than willing to get my hands dirty (with rubber gloves on) and do whatever it took for the kids to raise funds even though we could have paid the fees and never volunteered at all. On the other hand you have parents who can't see beyond their own nose and or don't show up for anything so they never change their opinions. Honestly why would you care about them? LOL [/QUOTE]
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