Would you let your 10 yr old go to an amusement park with a friend?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:write the parent's phone number on his hand with a sharpie.

Terrible idea.

why... if he gets lost he has the number. We do this at every hotel we go to... kid can remember the room number.

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Probably no, as if we are paying for it, we'd rather take our kids. Happy to take others but the supervision is a big thing if one kid doesn't want to go on the rides and there are not two parents/one willing to be with the other child.

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Why not six flags? I went there last week with a group of rising freshman. It was clean and the staff was super nice.

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Anonymous wrote:Probably no, as if we are paying for it, we'd rather take our kids. Happy to take others but the supervision is a big thing if one kid doesn't want to go on the rides and there are not two parents/one willing to be with the other child.

At 10, the supervision is not a big thing. At all. The 10 year old can go on the ride if s/he wants to or can wait for the others if s/he doesn't want to. Unless the 10 year old has a particular issue, they don't need another parent in sight at all moments. They are not babies.

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Wait, you don't want to let your 10 year old go with a supervised group of 10 year olds to a place designed for kids?

The bubble-wrapping of kids is truly an amazing site on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Probably no, as if we are paying for it, we'd rather take our kids. Happy to take others but the supervision is a big thing if one kid doesn't want to go on the rides and there are not two parents/one willing to be with the other child.

At 10, the supervision is not a big thing. At all. The 10 year old can go on the ride if s/he wants to or can wait for the others if s/he doesn't want to. Unless the 10 year old has a particular issue, they don't need another parent in sight at all moments. They are not babies.

Many DCUM posters clearly haven't figured this out yet.

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Anonymous wrote:write the parent's phone number on his hand with a sharpie.

OMG.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:write the parent's phone number on his hand with a sharpie.

OMG.

+1! Please do not do this to your kid. How embarrassing!

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I have one child who is extremely conscientious, responsible and mature. She makes good choices. I’d let her. My other child has ADHD, so that dc gets distracted easily and wanders away from the group, has no sense of direction, doesn’t listen half the time, and frequently loses belongings. There’s no way I’d make a single adult responsible for that kid and 3 others all day. It’s stressful enough for me on family outings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably no, as if we are paying for it, we'd rather take our kids. Happy to take others but the supervision is a big thing if one kid doesn't want to go on the rides and there are not two parents/one willing to be with the other child.

At 10, the supervision is not a big thing. At all. The 10 year old can go on the ride if s/he wants to or can wait for the others if s/he doesn't want to. Unless the 10 year old has a particular issue, they don't need another parent in sight at all moments. They are not babies.

Many DCUM posters clearly haven't figured this out yet.

Actually they are still very young, and common sense is to parent your kids. I get so sick of seeing 7-11 olds acting up and no parent or adult in site as their parents clearly don't care as lon gas they are not bothered by them. Why have kids if you stop parenting them so young?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:write the parent's phone number on his hand with a sharpie.

Terrible idea.

why... if he gets lost he has the number. We do this at every hotel we go to... kid can remember the room number.

A 10 year old doesn't have their parents' numbers memorized? My kids did this in preschool.

OP, I would send your kid on the trip, although I would verify with the supervising adult what his plan is for a situation where all 4 kids don't want to go on the same ride. Will he bypass going on a ride to stay back if one kid doesn't want to go on, so they're not standing by themselves for an extended period while the rest of the group waits in a long line? That's the only part that would make me uneasy. Likewise, make sure you're comfortable if your kid is the only one who WANTS to go on some big coaster. YMMV, but from a purely age/supervision/ratio thing I'd be fine with it.

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I think she meant the chaperone's

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No way.

[Anonymous]

I would definitely allow this if I trusted the parent. If I did not, I’d volunteer to come along as well.

[Anonymous]

100% yes. It never would have occurred to me to say no, and I have a 10 year old.