chipscinderelly
<font color=3399cc>Victim of a drive-by tag attack
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Stitch#1 said:I think that should have been a heftier fine but that's just my opinion. It kills my how some people can be so aloof about the safety of a child.
This is slighty off topic but still having to do with children. Nick's class is doing a campout next week and I'm chaperoning. Well I went to an informational meeting the other day about it and the teacher in charge says they have tents for most everyone to sleep in and their will be an adult/teacher in the tent with the kids.
Well that was a big red flag for me. Maybe I've been in Cub/Boy Scouts to long but that is not done at all. The adults NEVER sleep in a tent with a child unless it is their own and even then they encourage the kids to sleep together for the kids to be independent.
So I decided to call the teacher and let him know I will be bringing my own tent and I'm not comfortable sleeping in a tent with someone else child. He replies that he has had some parents say they were happy an adult is going to be in the tent with their child. Ok whatever but not me.
I mention that it just takes one child to say he/she touched me and their could be big problems, his theory was that there will be other kids in the tent to back up the story if anything happens! I felt like saying are you kidding me!
He then mentions this summer adventure program he runs and says he has high school and college kids in the tents with the younger kids and never had a problem. I was glad to hear he never had a problem but I don't think Nick will ever be doing that over the summer. We'll just stick with scouts thanks.
Sorry that was long...off my soapbox now...thanks for listening!
How is this NOT against school policy????? WOW, Stacy I totally agree with you and think that the teacher is setting themself up for a bad experience down the road.