(Edit: rewrite for clarity) The underlying premise appears to be that parents volunteer to improve their kids' intelligence (eg, grades). Nowhere is this prem

(Edit: rewrite for clarity) The underlying premise appears to be that parents volunteer to improve their kids' intelligence (eg, grades). Nowhere is this premise discussed, proven, or cited - it's just taken as a given. The author then goes on to suggest that there are much better things you can do as a parent to improve academic performance. I accept this, but it's meaningless if he doesn't at least show that someone has demonstrated a significant correlation between parental volunteering and the intention of improving academic performance. As a parent of a not-quite-school-age child, I will likely volunteer to some limited extent - but I will do it so that I can better know the people who are monitoring and teaching my child for a significant part of every year. The author also conflates PTA meetings, volunteering, and fundraising - treating them as if they were all the same thing. Clickbait article without substance is clickbait.