My dd goes to a nursery that is in a Sure Start area, though we are not a sure start family. I have tried to volunteer for a lot of things even though I have a baby, and my dh tried to be a governor, but it never seems enough. I often feel that the parents who are deemed "middle class" have a lot more expectations placed on them, and if you don't step up to them, you get attitude that you don't care etc. I had to take a PT job recently so had to cut back a lot of my volunteer work, and now I am asked all the time when I am going to come back to do xyz. I told them my situation, but it seems to fall on deaf ears. Anyone else experience this?