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[quote=Anonymous]OMG. I'm overprotective with my kids, as was my mom with me, as was my grandmother with my mom and even I was allowed to go on every school field trip. if you are that worried, you or DH chaperone.  The whole 7 hours in a car is crazy, people do that road trip all the time with kids traveling up and down the East Coast.  If you are worried about the bus company driving record etc, then research that but realize car accidents can happen any time.  I can do everything in my power to protect my kids but they go to school, they will drive, they will go to parties, they will date guys, they will have jobs ...at any point something can go wrong I.e. bad guy, car accident, something goes wrong at the party, wrong place wrong time at work or school, a tornado rips thru, a terrorist attack ...I could go on. All I can do is take reasonable precautions that still allow them to live their life and try to help them develop judgement to avoid a bad situation if they can, and courage and strength to face things they can't avoid.

I'm not sure what happened on the rappelling trip you spoke about but either the person leading it didn't have the safety things in place or someone didn't follow the safety rules.  You can research the bus company and be a chaperone on the trip to make sure the people in charge are providing a safe environment.  You have to give your child opportunities to be aware of his/her surroundings and develop judgement.  If you tell me your child often wonders off or doesn't listen that's one thing but if you are there as a chaperone that will hopefully at a minimum your child would listen to you.

Good luck.[/quote]

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