Patrol Picnic

[Anonymous]

I still remember my patrol picnic from almost 30 years ago. It was a lot of fun. Yes, we rode rides, ate hot dogs, and hung out with our friends. It was a great day. Don't be a buzzkill.

[Anonymous]

My DC went today, and *loved* it.

[Anonymous]

DS not going. Don’t want him falling behind or getting into mischief in Gaithersburg.

[Anonymous]

NP here, DS went today (and DD had gone in prior years). It sounded fine - DS and his friend were laughing about the tiny slide at the end of the tiny mirror maze that wasn't really a maze because there were tons of kids snaking through it. My DD's biggest memory is being told she was "too tall" to ride the roller coaster, even though her much taller friends rode it (and she's barely 5 feet tall, so not a giant, even for a 5th/6th grader).

Then again, we live in Gaithersburg, so weren't worried too much about their safety.

[Anonymous]

Why do they do the picnic in Gaithersburg? Why not Bethesda or Chevy Chase?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do they do the picnic in Gaithersburg? Why not Bethesda or Chevy Chase?

Because the county fairground is in Gaithersburg and not in Bethesda or Chevy Chase.

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Anonymous wrote:I've had two kids go over the years. They both said it was boring--long lines, not many rides. I wasn't excited about the lack of supervision (my assumption, but I"ve never been in person) but it was fine.

Lack of supervision for a 5th grader?? Mine has been off in the neighborhood since they were 8 and doing whatever kids do. Just like YOU did when you were a kid. Did Mommy and Daddy supervise you all the time in 5th grade? Stop the coddling.

Our class trip was to Dorney Park in PA for 5th grade. No cell phones. We knew of 4 posts in the park to locate a teacher or chaperone if we needed something. Otherwise, we were on our own all day. Best trip ever. Now 5th grade trips can only be to boring historic areas with a chaperone per 5 kids handing out handy wipes and feeding them apple slices. Pretty pathetic how parents have changed.

If I were a predator, a lightly chaperoned, informal picnic of a thousand ten year olds would seem like the place I'd want to be!

That is why your TEACH your kids about predators when they are young, you idiot. Not follow your 12yr old around like a nut job. If your 5th grader is dumb enough to fall for the "I have candy in my car, leave your friends and come with me" than that is absolutely all your fault as a parent.

Abductions by strangers is only 1% of all abductions.

Most predators pick up college students, not 5th graders. So.... I guess University of Maryland Online College is where your kids are "going."

There are more sexual assaults IN Montgomery County schools by employees than there would be by some random stranger who knew to head into the fairground for a Patrol Picnic

This is the safest time to live in America for children

You are fear freak. Always finding the one national news story and thinking it happens everywhere. Why is it a national news story again? Because it rarely happens. But are all the sexual assaults in MCPS national news stories? No. But yet, you are still sending your kid to school every day without you? Why?

If your 5th grader it's 12, I'm not sure I'd be calling anyone else's kid dumb.