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Do you all really let other people and systems dictate your parenting choices without thought?  If you feel field trips are safe enough, then that is your parenting position and I respect that.  If it's not, than I'd respect that decision as well.

How am I putting the teacher in an uncomfortable position?  I stated our position and she has a choice to select DH or I as a chaperone or not.  I wouldn't have stated my position at all of there was a published pre-established alternative, but since there is not I needed to ask what the alternative was if a child doesn't attend a field trip.  She had an answer for me immediately, so there is a pre-established alternative.  How is that putting her in an uncomfortable position?  I stated my position, she stated hers.

People put too much weight in certain "experiences" through institutionalized structures.  You can gain those same types of experiences through different paths.  [b]My kids aren't going to miss a lot of things because of this[/b].  [/quote]

Yes, they are. They are going to miss every school field trip that you or your husband don't chaperone on. And they are going to miss going on a school field trip without their parents chaperoning. Now, you may not think that either of those things are important, or meaningful, or significant. But your kids are actually going to miss out on those things.[/quote]

And if you don't camp, your kids are missing out on camping trips. If you don't rock climb, your kids are missing out on rock climbing. If you don't sew, your kids are missing out on learning how to sew.  If you don't bake, your kids are missing out on how to learn to bake.  If you don't build things, your kids are missing out on how to design and build things.  If you don't coach, your kids are missing out on being coached by you.  If you don't....the list can go on forever.

Your kids will not get exposed to everything and some things they will get exposed to by different means.  What exactly is my kid missing out on?  They go plenty of places without their parents....with our trusted friends, with our parents, etc.  So, they're not missing out on going places with their friends or without their parents.  We take them to the same or similar places that they visit on field trips, so they're not missing the experiences.  They do a lot of other activities with their friends outside of school (sports, clubs, personal trips) so they aren't missing out on experiences with their school friends.

Oh ye of little minds....expand you view of the world.  Some of my siblings were homeschooled (not a small town) with a large population of homeschooled kids.  They don't feel they missed anything.  One of them decided by hs to go to school.  They still had neighborhood friends they played with after school, they still did activities with other homeschooled kids, etc.  So, they actually broadened their circle of friends this way.  I always find it small minded when people say that all homeschooling is socially restrictive.  People just aren't aware enough.

I put you in this category for your comments above.  My kids aren't "missing" out on anything.  They are just getting the same social exposure in a different way.

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