I don't compartmentalise that much, the parent and educator roles are the same as far as I'm concerned, I just kept going XD And even if you use the school system you're still faciliating because you're the one ultimately responsible for which school your kid uses and you still have to be pretty involved XD (or at least the high school my daughter tried out seemed to try really hard to involve the parents in all aspects which was great except I quite simply could not cope with the extra demands and J works full time).
The volunteer/unpaid work is valued (or at least should be, if the person you're doing it for isn't appreciating/valuing it they will when you've had enough and stop or if they don't you're probably better off not dealing with their entitled arse anyway ;D). And that's the thing that will keep the world going if/when the economy collapses XD
