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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t disagree with you OP. But I also am annoyed with you. Some of those parents probably argued with their kids to dress better, bring a raincoat, etc. Kids probably refused. So parents decided to let them suffer the natural consequences! You completely undermined that! Let them be cold. Let them be wet. Will they die? No. And next time they’ll listen to their parents and bring a raincoat.

You totally undermined and “rescued” those kids. Bad choice. [/quote]

OP here. My daughter was fighting me about clothes the night before because she wanted to wear shorts and Crocs. I told her she would be wearing proper shoes and long pants, or she would be going to school for a regular school day and I would attend the trip as a chaperone without her. This is called parenting. There is no such thing as an 11yo “refusing” me when it comes to a special privilege like Hershey Park. [/quote]

No, that’s not parenting a middle schooler. That’s hovering. [/quote]

Hovering would be doing that on a regular school day where the consequences would be minimal and limited to only the dumb kid. On an out-of-state, all-day field trip, consequences are felt by chaperones, teachers, the group, etc. Parent your kid. [/quote]

I am parenting my children but letting them feel natural consequences. You are codling yours because you are worried your little babies will be cold and wet. [/quote]

Do you mean “coddling”? I think 11yos literally crying is a problem for everyone on the trip, including the directors and coaches who work so hard to plan for and execute this type of fun trip and unique competition experience for kids. They don’t have to do that: these are above-and-beyond teachers and school administrators. They deserve thanks and bare-minimum effort from parents.

We get it. You don’t parent your kids. But there’s no amount of yapping that is going to change the fact that you should, especially when better parents have gone out of their way and taken time off work to serve as a chaperone so that all the kids may benefit from a special experience. [/quote]

Honestly, they should have just cancelled the trip. That kind of weather is miserable, even with a raincoat.[/quote]

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