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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Hells to the no.

And it has nothing to do with trusting your child, so stop trying to make the OP feel like she doesn't trust her DD if she doesn't let her go.

It's about parenting. You have no idea what these other kids will be like, even if your daughter is completely well-behaved the whole time. So many things can go wrong that will be out of your daughter's control and have nothing to do with how "good" she is.

I am really surprised at how naive some parents are!

As for the formerly "good" students who are now parents 1) trust us who were not so "good" when we kids (when away from our parents) when we tell you that we had parents fooled with our good grades but partied hard out of their sight and 2) maybe you can vouch for your child -- can you vouch for every other child there? Are you so close with the parents that you can vouch for them too?

Please -- not letting your 16-yr-old rent a beach house with 10 others (incl. guys) does not equal keeping your child under lock and key.[/quote]

But here is the thing - in two years, her kid is likely going to be living someplace other than her home, and not be supervised by adults on a regular basis at all.  What, in your mind, is the difference that occurs in those two years that makes it ok for the kid to live in a dorm on her own at a coed school for months at a time at 18, but not ok to take a week long trip supervised by two adults at age 16?[/quote]

The 10 [6 girls and the 4 boys]  are planning this well in advance.  Months.  I assume they are serious students who will use the time for study groups for AP chem and BC calc.  BS. This trip is BS and the parent in on the details might be the booze supplier and think nothing of stocking the open bar for the trip.     Advance planning on the scope of OP's DD usually means trouble.  This isn't a multi-teacher supervised trip.  [/quote]

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