Would you say this was safe?

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Birthday party. About 6-8 children aged 6-7. Part of the party would be at location A, part at location B. We would be walking in between. The walk doesn’t go on the roads much, but will take us through some fairly busy car parks. Would that be safe?

Would I be better putting them in a line with adults at the front and back? Maybe making them hold hands in twos as well, or would that make me look like a duck.

A dick. A fucking dick. Not a duck. FFS autocorrect.

How many supervising adults (or adult-sized ppl)?

I think you would look like a duck. With all your little ducklings following.

If you're talking about having an adult at front and back, you've got at least two adults to four children.

I think it would be fine. Plenty of parents have to walk places with four children in tow.

You could have them all hold a rope. My pre school used to do this. Sure, you would all look like ducks but it's safe, fun and cute. I always thought it was a really great idea but never had opportunity to use it.

I'd be a bit worried watching 8 of them alone but with another adult I think I'd feel ok. You watch a group of four. Other adult watches the other little group.
I wouldn't be lining them up or using a rope I don't think

It would help the duck impression if they all wore bright yellow baseball caps.

I did a party like that (walked from venue to McDonalds) and it was stressful but the boys were well behaved and I had enough adult help so it went fine.

Regarding small dc better off talking about ducks than dicks tbh!!

I took 8 kids of a similar age on a bus to a birthday party. Short walk from bus stop to venue and then home again. Never again. Even kids I vaguely knew turned into unexpectedly rabid beasts.

My own advice is to take Haribo and fire it at them liberally to get the buggers to follow you. Yes to one adult leading and one at the rear.

For me , it would depend on how well I knew the children and whether I could depend on them behaving.

I think 2 adults should be fine though.

If you think they might run off, how about handcuffing them together

I’m a childminder and that sounds like a piece of piss! Though I see people’s reactions and realise not even can or even wants to. It will be fine!

Looking like a duck or a dick will be fine as long as everyone is safe.
Ideally pair them up, adult at the front,adult at the back.
It does depend though on how well behaved the children are.

Pure greed - 2 dicks!!

I think I’m going to take a rope but only threaten them that they’ll have to hold it if they don’t behave.

Failing that I’ll just have to threaten waddling around in public going quack, quack if they don’t do as they’re told,

Don’t tell them there is an option to misbehave.

If they are school friends they are likely to be used to lining up together. Just get it done as quickly as you can. ‘Right, line up please as we are walking accoss the car park now. Get in the line Marcy. Thank you, let’s go.’

That’s a good plan savoy

Write a risk assessment before you go to show you have thought of every eventuality

If they are all school friends they will have done it dozens of times. Just show no fear and be clear about ‘the rules’ - no-one goes ahead of y etc

Looking like a duck made perfect sense to me!