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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Field Trips are annoying for many reasons.

First, I already went to the pumpkin patch. 
Second, the mom's on these trips are clearly not good with kids and cause more problems than necessary. 
Third, Kids need to learn to get along, not have their parent hoover all over them.

The preschool teacher would rather just deal with the kids themselves with 1-2 1/2 way not annoying moms.  But they really do this for the moms to feel good about themselves.

We go to a few hear and there but we also did not do 1/1 ratio.

Our class had 1 WOH mom that couldn't take off (teacher) and she was divorced so the dad was useless... so I always took her child.

My H goes once a year, I do 1 field trip and a couple of day time volunteering.

Truthfully, you are not missing much. I see my son color at home, I take my kids to pumpkin patches. [/quote]

A 2-3-4 year old needs support and supervision.  You realize how easy it is for them to get lost and they often need help.  I always go because I don't want my kid to b with someone like you who basically ignores them.  I don't do it because I enjoy it or to feel good about my self.  I do it to make sure my child's needs are met.[/quote]

A pp here, but really, try speaking with the school administrators.  Provide respectful feedback.  It's so easy to hear a few parents suggesting something might be fun, then it turning into a field trip, then a tradition, with no real purpose that can't be as well met at a more convenient location or I. A venue that doesn't require a 1:1 ratio.  If a location is so frenetic to require this ratio, I'm actually not sure why it would be a good field Tyrol locale anyway.  [/quote]

Its not a 1-1 situation fully.  Its a transportation issue and liability if the school does not rent a bus or have a van.  Who would be liable if the child was in a parent car and that parent got into an accident.  We had a preschool where you only took your child and teachers except on a rare occasion when a parent could not do it.  I once forgot it was field trip day and my mom dropped off my kid and they called.  Another parent took my kid who I was friendly with and had an extra seat (not one I preferred but at least it was something as he couldn't stay behind) and my mom met them there to take him back.  The school changed directors and rented a van to transport staff and kids without parents due to liability reasons.[/quote]

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