heh Archived Message Posted by VIV on May 18, 2022, 8:41:49, in reply to "Parenting dilemma - - what age do kids no longer need a chaperone? get inside" "fair beef" Message Thread: | This response ↓ Parenting dilemma - - what age do kids no longer need a chaperone? get inside - LovetheChief May 18, 2022, 8:39:42 Update #2: the organizing mom who wanted the bus to be parent free is sending passive aggressive - LovetheChief May 19, 2022, 21:12:08 UPDATE: One organizing parent seems to be conceding that parent chaperones would be welcome on the - LovetheChief May 18, 2022, 17:43:56 The one doubling down already sold their shit-ass kid a bill of goods they can't now deliver. * - haighter May 18, 2022, 17:45:12 They're in 8th grade, not college. Chaperone is a no-brainer.* - uofi1998 May 18, 2022, 12:47:33 Someone is definitely getting a handy on that bus* - Sounder May 18, 2022, 12:43:30 I would be inclined towards a chaperone, but I don’t think this is an OUTRAGE either* - GMAW May 18, 2022, 12:40:09 There needs to be 2 adults on that bus* - CubsWonWorldSeries May 18, 2022, 12:04:45 The "kids" get their "little bit of freedom" in the park...NOT on the bus - RSMBob May 18, 2022, 11:51:21 again, I'm with Bob* - TarheelIllini May 18, 2022, 12:37:58 I volunteer every year to go on the High School Band trip as a medical chaperone. - ibdoc May 18, 2022, 11:27:06 I’m 37 and probably should still have a chaperone * - jayd May 18, 2022, 11:05:03 This is crazy. Of course they need chaperones. I obviously know the kids in question - MR May 18, 2022, 10:39:58 To answer your question, the trip organizers never said a thing about this. I reached out to find - LovetheChief May 18, 2022, 11:11:05 I asked one of the chaperones from last year and said all of the chaperones rode the bus. - MR May 18, 2022, 11:23:08 Sigh. So now what do I do? So frustrated.* - LovetheChief May 18, 2022, 11:34:55 Try to use the bus company and its rules as cover. - Chicago1995 May 18, 2022, 12:27:06 "It's a *restaurant* rule, like...ONE PERSON can't just eat all the fully loaded nachos!"* - Sammich May 18, 2022, 12:44:42 ooo - IlliniSax05 May 18, 2022, 13:24:16 Does JS know about this? I can’t see her letting this slide and she doesn’t - MR May 18, 2022, 11:42:07 have you talked to any other parents? Are they aware of the no chaperone plan? - IlliniSax05 May 18, 2022, 11:41:53 Can you offer that you're not comfortable with having no chaperones... - haighter May 18, 2022, 11:40:29 Probably should recruit a couple other chaperones so your kid isn't tagged as the fun police* - RangerDanger May 18, 2022, 11:45:02 I realize there's a balancing act here...but it sounds like the shithead kids... - haighter May 18, 2022, 12:29:41 I was wondering about last year. I’m totally uncomfortable.* - LovetheChief May 18, 2022, 11:07:56 Regarding the age thing, probably why the high schoolers are on the bus. - EffinIllini May 18, 2022, 10:41:54 I’m told the highs schoolers are juniors. But as Nasty says, why are high schoolers going?* - LovetheChief May 18, 2022, 11:08:49 I'm going to guess that they are children of the parents organizing the trip* - NastyBoyd May 18, 2022, 11:24:01 I'm also going to guess that the parents organizing the trip are known enablers* - NastyBoyd May 18, 2022, 11:28:44 Yes and yes.* - LovetheChief May 18, 2022, 11:34:21 There should be at least one adult chaperone. - theBard May 18, 2022, 10:29:23 there should be two adult chaperones on the bus - NastyBoyd May 18, 2022, 10:28:10 ooo - illiniranger May 18, 2022, 9:59:20 You laugh, but this totally would have happened on an unchaperoned 3 hour bus in my 8th grade* - Carl Spackler May 18, 2022, 12:20:11 If you think they're going to be doing anything other that burying their heads in their phones... - aimlessillini May 18, 2022, 9:43:18 I'd be really surprised if the bus company was okay without any adults on board* - Gene Parmesan May 18, 2022, 9:40:32 same* - biclops May 18, 2022, 10:16:15 This was my thought too.* - LovetheChief May 18, 2022, 9:43:32 Not sure what age kids stop needing bus chaperones, but I know for sure it's not 13/14 - Sammich May 18, 2022, 9:34:47 Even in the much more permissive 80-90s, I don't recall being on any bus trips without chaperones - Taz May 18, 2022, 9:30:16 Too protective in my opinion, especially since the chaperones are still coming to the park - snipes824 May 18, 2022, 9:19:39 Oh goodie, a Make the Call, Bob moment... - RSMBob May 18, 2022, 9:14:27 I'm with Bob* - TarheelIllini May 18, 2022, 9:28:53 3 hours each way? They’re gonna have to stop to pee right? - haighter May 18, 2022, 9:06:44 I like this...in theory...but I think it's a tough ask for today's 8th graders. - OWWDig May 18, 2022, 9:09:22 If it’s a tough ask, then it’s a tough and likely needed learning opportunity… - haighter May 18, 2022, 9:14:55 I hear ya. I want to say that I'd go with your plan, and it is a great learning opportunity... - OWWDig May 18, 2022, 9:17:54 I'd be more worried about riding 6 hours in a car pool with people that I didn't know well - BradUnderwoodforprez May 18, 2022, 9:03:16 *hijack* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes May 18, 2022, 9:22:11 That is spectacular. - BradUnderwoodforprez May 18, 2022, 9:45:28 Too much difference in "maturity" in junior high kids. Definitely a fair concern. IMO - HoseB May 18, 2022, 9:00:47 Edit - aimlessillini May 18, 2022, 9:42:44 Disagree... they're all phone-crazy... which is what they'll do* - aimlessillini May 18, 2022, 9:44:21 I think 8th grade is fine but I do hope they're paying that bus driver double time - ATL May 18, 2022, 8:58:05 reminds me of when my friend got in trouble on the bus to space camp for making out with a girl - lcubed May 18, 2022, 8:55:17 i love that movie - VIV May 18, 2022, 10:04:19 blast from the past. i loved that movie growing up. need to see if it's streaming anywhere* - lcubed May 18, 2022, 11:05:49 Huntsville, AL? - TarheelIllini May 18, 2022, 9:29:47 pretty sure. it was a neat experience from what i remember* - lcubed May 18, 2022, 9:32:15 mini did it in 2019 and was signed up to go in 2020 and you know.... - ATL May 18, 2022, 9:51:00 One of the guys on the HS soccer team... - GrandmotherPearlsJam May 18, 2022, 9:24:52 Throw him off the team and suspend his mother…* - haighter May 18, 2022, 9:30:44 You're being too protective. * - doubledown May 18, 2022, 8:42:58 heh - VIV May 18, 2022, 8:41:49   Searching