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[quote=Anonymous]At age 11, my kids were able and allowed to walk around most amusement parks on their own and just check in with us at set places and times. I personally consider that a very age-appropriate level of independence, and find the idea of insisting that an 11 year old has to be supervised at all times bizarre, stifling, & over-protective.

However, if I were chaperoning a school trip I would not find it appropriate to act in the same way, just relying on an assumpption that the other parents would also be comfortable with that level of independence for their kids. Perhaps some kids are truly not ready for that in fifth grade, and besides, it isn't my place to decide that for someone else's kid if the other parent would not agree. If dealing with a group of other people's children, I always default to the most restrictive level of supervision reasonably possible, because in my experience there are a wide range of things parents consider age-appropriate, and allowing more freedom is more likely to result in upset parents than providing more direct supervision than usual.

I would suggest keeping the kids in together with you at all times, except for visits to the restroom if the group is mixed gender, in which case I would make every effort to stand somewhere right outside the restrooms, sending the kids in in groups with instructions to finish their business and return directly to you.[/quote]

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