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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Very nice of you to check on him.  I do think a member of the staff needs to stay until all kids are picked up.  [/quote]

At a bus stop?  Camp bus stops are generally at safe public places like schools or playgrounds.  At about 9, my kid was walking home from the camp bus some days, and waiting a few minutes for me to grab his younger sibling who got out at the same time. before I came to get him.  He had a cell phone, knew the plan and was fine waiting.  Delaying the rest of the bus run would nave made no sense.

OP for all I know this was my kid.  Although I think he was safe, if he reported what you did I would be pleased to know that there were people in the community looking out for him.  However, if you had complained to the camp about the bus leaving, or tried to get him in your car, or kept bothering him after he made it clear he was fine, I would have considered that helicoptering.

If he had seemed surprised not to see a parent, or scared, or reported that he didn’t know what was going on then a different response might have been on order, but in this circumstance I think either just leaving or checking and then leaving was fine.
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