7. It's O.K. to Skip That Bake Sale

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/fashion/finding-the-right-amount-of-parental-involvement-in-school.html?pagewanted=1&ref=style

In August 31 at NY Times, Bruce Feiller published an article called "It's O.K. to Skip That Bake Sale", which involves parents who are worried that whether their participation in school events will or will not affect their children's behavior and future. Feiller starts his article by showing his job as a parent and how he tries to help in volunteering events in his daughter's school. He shows that he tries to help as much as he can, but that is not a must for all the parents. He shows that there are campaigns where people try to stop volunteering because not everyone has the time to help, however he also shows the opinion of a founder of school-network who says that parents should not feel guilty that they cannot help. Feiller goes on by telling parents that there are three points which they should do for their children, which is to meet the teacher, get involved with their children, and to put children to bed. He ends the article with by stating that the job of the parent is not accompanying their children to school, but being at home and be with their kids.

Feiller's purpose in writing this article is to show parents, that don't have time to help in volunteer work, that it is okay to not participate and it won't affect their children. This article is directed to the parents who are worried about their children. Feiller wishes to tell the parents that they do not need to be particularly involved in school activities to help the children, however, they need to be doing their job as a parent at home. Feiller also gives recommendations to the parents and tell parents to not be to concerned in not being able to help. Feiller is able to transmit his feelings as a parent to other people who are worried about their actions toward their children.