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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also have a 1st and 4th grader and I'm also pretty prone to worry but I have never thought of this particular worry before. They fear being left behind, so they are never left behind. I don't lose them when we're out because they purposefully keep up with me. Your kids are either choosing to take off or choosing not to care if the group is leaving. [/quote]

I don't lose them when we're out either because I ensure they keep up.  You're sort of right about my 4th grader.  [b]She doesn't actively choose to not to care if the group is leaving, but I've watch her in museums.  She just start reading the signs and goes from one to the other and doesn't realize the group is walking away. [/b] Most kids don't read every sign they come to; hell, I don't read every sign I come to so I get why the parents wouldn't expect that and watch out for her.  She does and gets very engrossed in the experience.  The group will wander away and she'll be standing there and not realize it.  So, I guess she is choosing not to care, but I don't think it's an active choice.

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You really need to work on this with her. It is simply not safe for her to have no awareness what's happening around her. You keep focusing on WHY she's not paying attention (she loves to read!!!) when you should be focusing on changing her habits.

Until she's better about it I still think you should request she has a buddy on trips so there is specifically one person who says, "Come on Fiona, we need to go now." or else can say, "Ms. Charles, Fiona is just went over to the other displays instead of following the docent."[/quote]

+1. [/quote]

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