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Anonymous
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As a mom of kids in middle school and high school and college I would like to warn parents about these kid organized ski trips.
The kids use a tour company to help plan them and they are unchaperoned and can end up being a free for all. Just saying, you little adorable, all same sex high school child, put in an unsupervised co-ed environment, mix in hormones, alcohol (definately!), hotels and egos and you can figure out the rest (hopefully!). Things can and have happened that have hurt children's futures. Seriously listen to your gut on this one. |
Anonymous
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Isn't this the winter version of Beach Week?
When I moved out here (VA-MD-DC), I initially didn't believe my DC-raised husband who explained that "everyone" in mid-to-later high school attends Beach Week in Dewey, Ocean City or Rehoboth. A bunch of 16 year olds unsupervised in a hotel for a week at the beach. Of course, some invite their 15 year old friends. I guess you have to trust them sometime to make their own good choices, whether that be on a ski or beach trip. |
Anonymous
| On our HS ski trips they were chaperoned by the teachers who were into partying with the kids. I agree- plan an alternate weekend. |
Anonymous
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Ahhh, I remember my unchaperoned ski weekend in the poconos. I went to an all-girls school, very "good" kids. I spent the whole weekend watching Cheech and Chong, getting high, and having sex with my boyfriend. I had even bought lingerie!!! I was 17. Now, I have two daughters. Good God.
The funny thing is: I could really use a weekend like that now.... |
Anonymous
| Well, DUH. I don't know why any parent would let their kids go on a trip like this. Or beach week. Talk about giving in to peer pressure. |
Anonymous
Wowee -- at 17!! was my first reaction. My second reaction was...one year later, you'd be an 18 year old in college, away from home, and pretty much unchaperoned anyhow. So I guess somewhere you so have to let go, assuming you are planning to let go at college anyhow. I still think 16 is too young though. |
Anonymous
I was thinking the same... where can I sign up? |
Anonymous
me too 
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Anonymous
As the parent of 3 grown kids I can assure you they are not in college yet. This was how lots of parents justified their decisions. They did not have that attitude when they had to rush up and get their kids because of the trouble their kids got into or were associated with. Oh yea, and the one good catholic school girl he ended up pregnant. College is chaperoned and my kids are in schools where to main focus is not to party. |
Anonymous
Your post doesn't exactly make a lot of sense. Most colleges I am familiar with most assuredly are NOT chaperoned. I remember being a very young 18 year old, quite unchaperoned, and doing , well, all sorts of things. |
Anonymous
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PP here --
oh yeah, and "the one good Catholic school girl" -- I'm sorry -- when I was growing up, Catholic school (high school) girls got into a LOT of trouble. No doubt about it. Us public school girls were exposed to a lot more, earlier on, and we managed to know what was going on and how to stay out of trouble. If you get my drift. |
Anonymous
What is your point? |
Anonymous
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17:20 poster here. The good catholic girl comment was a bit sardonic. I could put up a fairly good argument that good catholic is an oxymoron.
My point is the focus of these trips is to party. That's it. College has RA's, classes, and kids have each others backs. These trips are too much, too soon. Too much to prove and too much at stake. They havn't gotten into college yet. |
Anonymous
My point is teach your children about contraception. *Especially* the girls you are sending to a "good Catholic school". *Especially* the kids who are in the "Abstinence Club". That's all. |
Anonymous
| Go out to certain bars in DC...the worse (underage) girls in there with the least amount of cloths are the sluts from catholic university!!! |