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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So many shitty parents who think their lack of parenting is somehow helping their kids by “letting them suffer the consequences.” It’s not. Parent your kids!!![/quote]

100% this. You can’t tell me they didn’t realize it was cold and rainy if they didn’t have to drive their kids to school super early to get on the buses. If you walk outside, you notice it’s cold, you tell your kid to go back and get a rain jacket or put on different shoes. That takes less than a minute. If you are so late that you don’t have a minute to spare, you suck. “But they refused” nope, then you refuse to start the car until they are properly equipped for the day. OR be a decent parent and check the weather or instruct your kid to check the weather, then talk it through. It takes less than a minute in either scenario. Bad parenting. Full stop. [/quote]

Sure, ok.

But also poor planning and execution of the trip. Knowing that people are often lazy about this, they should have set clear expectations of what kids should wear, and not let kids on the bus if they weren't wearing it. And the if the crappy parents throw a fit because their kid doesn't get to go on the trip, you calmly explain that those are the rules and they were informed in advance.

You don't let a bunch of ill dressed kids get on a bus to PA and then throw a fit later when those kids are uncomfortable.

You can't control other people. You can set boundaries and decide what you'll put up with. But other people are going to do what they are going to do.

If OP volunteers for a trip like this again, she should suggest a dress code for the kids that will be enforced before the buses leave the lot. That would be more productive than expecting a bunch of people to parent exactly as she does, even if her parenting is objectively better.

Or she could not volunteer for stuff like this if this is how she is going to respond.[/quote]

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