I feel like a rarity

Last week we went to a meeting at D's school. First we all met in the gym so the directors could tell us what the goal for the students is this year and what they expect from the parents. The we all went to our respective grade level rooms for a small presentation from the teachers. As I'm listening to one of the teachers tell the parents what they can do to help their children at home, I almost wonder what I am even doing there. Everything they suggested are things that I have been doing with my kids for years. Do people just not think to do these things?? Or do parents just not care?? Read to you children everyday. Check. Explain as you do them. Check. Use a broad vocabulary. Check. Incorporate learning into everyday tasks. Check. I mean it's not that hard. I'm still in shock that they had to be told to do these things.