Why do I feel guilty about my kid selling stuff for school?

if you are so worried about him getting sales why not drive him around to houses and have him do the work he is suppose to do !! its not your obligation to sell that crap for his school. I personally throw those things in the trash any thing they are giving away you can probably purchase at the dollar store its mostly crap!

Get involved with the PTO or something else, on more effective ways to raise money for the school and also in knowing how the school spends money. There are many more creative ways, such as those entertainment cards, raffles, carnivals, one time things that all in all could be less effort. While on one hand the kid might learn some skills and life skills from fundraising. And having fundraised for local orgs, some times its just easier and more profitable to ask for money/a donation vs selling something they dont want.

Although this year I was PO'd that I couldnt find a girl scout to sell me some thin mints, and ended up going to the girl scout office to buy 12 boxes. (i get to open 1 a month, whoo hooo)

I remember growing up my mother refused to let us sell things for the school and that was in the 70s and 80s. When I was raising my nephews in the 90s I didnt like them selling things either. If your child wants a prize fine take him for pizza one night. Let him go door to door with you along side but remember you are not obligated to sell anything for those schools. I do not buy from kids that come to my door and I wont let my kids sell unless THEY want to and then they have to make the effort I wont do it for them.

Ive seen candles, cookies, popcorn, nick nacks, candy bars, books, and so forth..Our children are now being made into salespersons. And lets be honest how many of us want to spend 3-5 dollars on ONE candy bar that may or may not have a 2 dollar coupon for some product we dont use anyway. As for its another way to raise funds for the schools what ever happened to school carnivals, bake sales, cake walks, or even a day where ppl would come to the school to look at books that were for sale. They can sell old equiptment they no longer use as they get in new stuff and make a few bucks

As a former PTO president, i would have to say, dont worry about selling, not everyone can or will sell. There is no reason for them to sell that much stuff. Normally, the PTO will have several fundraisers, but they only count on one to be the biggest seller. What I would suggest, it go to the next PTO meeting and ask them what fund raiser they make the most profit on. Do that fundraiser, and leave the rest. I am telling you, you are not the only parent feeling this way. Good Luck.

I feel your pain. Last year we had 7 fundraisers in the first 3 months of school. I think that's ridiculous. It also doesn't help that ALL the schools around are doing the same fundraiser. They need to plan better. The only thing I can tell you is don't beat yourself up over these things. Have your child choose which fundraiser they want to do more and leave it at that. Because when your year is nothing but fund raising, there is no time for anything else.

My mother absolutely refused to let us sell for the school fundraisers for the exact same reason. I don't think you should worry about it because you are not obligated to make their money for them. If you are in the PTO then you already paid your dues and that should be enough. It's ridiculous how the schools are always trying to sell stuff through the kids. I think you should make a new rule NO Fundraisers. Period! Your kids will have plenty of fundraisers to do when they go to high school and join extracurricular activities. Don't worry about it now and don't let your kids get sucked into that nonsense!

Try having multiple kids all doing the same fund raiser. Ackk it is annoying. We just don't do them at my house because we don't have enough friends outside our town or family to sell to. All of our friends kids are already selling the same stuff so we just don't do them. My parents always feel like they have to buy from all 4 that are doing the fundraiser and that gets costly. I think they should stick to candy bars for fundraising..makes a ton and people like buying them. Some of these funraisers are stupid and that cookie dough is expensive and pillsbury is just as good.

Here is what I do. I make a donation to the PTO instead of selling their stuff. As for my child the prizes they give out aren't that great, I would rather take him to the store and purchase something he needs.

Refuse to have your kid, aka you, sell the stuff. Is the tyke going to be scarred for life because she didn't get the prize or recognition for selling 80 boxes of candy bars?

Personally, I think all that should be banned anyway. When I was young if we wanted to be in anything my parents had to pay for it and not guilt people ("It's for the children!") into buying overpriced things they don't really need.

With the schools being so under funded, they are after every dollar they can get, even if it is through tactits that make you feel bad if you dont buy from your kid. I agree, the Schools are out of control on it. Maybe once or twice a year at the most, but it needs to stop and the govenrment needs to fund the schools right.

Go talk to the principle of the school and tell them people can not afford to buy stuff all the time and you do not have the time to be selling all the time. Ask them to limit the sales during the year