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Totally agree with PP’s response! I think this attitude among the parent chaperones — that you can’t discipline “someone else’s kid”— is a big part of the problem.  We have 4 kids and I have chaperoned many MCPS field trips: yes, 5 kids per parent is pretty common.  [b]I think that, because I have boys, the teachers seem to assign me all-boy groups, typically my son and the friend he picked, then 3 other boys.[/b] I have no problem telling the kids where to go, to stick with me, and if one of them runs away from the group I round them up with my ‘mom’ voice. Honestly, except for 1 kid with obvious behavioral issues, they listened to me and I never had to call the teacher. I’m also the parent who tells them to sit down on the bus or not to throw food when other chaperones ignore the behavior.  The teachers can’t realistically be expected to take care of their own group of kids AND be responsible for the behavior of all of the other kids during the entire field trip. I really think parents who aren’t willing or able to provide this level of effort shouldn’t volunteer.

I see the lack of organization others are talking about, but it doesn’t bother me because I feel capable to navigate Mt. Vernon or the zoo with just my group...it would be a nightmare to try to keep the entire class together in these types of venues. However, it’s clear to me from observing other parents, and reading this thread, that some other volunteers don’t feel this way: my thought is that these folks should either step up or stop volunteering. OP’s post to me doesn’t ring true, sounds to me more like what OP wishes she had been able to prove, but OP is illuminating the fact that yes, field trips often are not well-supervised.[/quote]

Fathers who chaperone also seem to get assigned boys, even if their own child is a girl. This is why my daughter never wanted her father to chaperone. But anyway, yes, I agree. You round the kids up, you use your 'parent' voice, and you count 1-2-3-4-5 CONSTANTLY. If you're not ready to do that, don't volunteer to chaperone.[/quote]

Never ever have seen that.[/quote]

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