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AIBU?

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to send my children on a school trip to London?

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urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmmmmm · 22/02/2008 22:32

Have namechanged as am paranoid!

My children's school is organising a trip tp London - to the Tutankhamun (sp?) exhibit and a trip on the river. They are travelling by train and it will be a long day - leaving our home city at 8am and getting back at 8pm. (Children are Yr 5 and Yr 2 btw)
My dc are eager to go and I was happy with this - trust school implicitly and think this would be a great adventure BUT - heard two mums talking about it today - their children aren't going and they were saying how it was too far, too long a day, wasn't safe. London unsuitable etc etc. Thing is - I respect both of those women as being jolly good parents and it's worried me a bit - am I being irresposnsible or just plain stupid to let me children go? Dh tells me not to be daft.......any thoughts?

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AngharadGoldenhand · 22/02/2008 22:33

I would see it as a fantastic opportunity and let them go.

nancy75 · 22/02/2008 22:33

re london is unsuitable, there are a few kids that live here and they are ok!

hunkermunker · 22/02/2008 22:37

Not big scary London?

All children are eaten by wolves within the M25 - we keep having to have new ones to replace the eaten ones.

It's a shame, but it's something you come to accept if you live in the capital.

The women are mental - where on earth do you live that people are so terrified of London they won't let their children come here?

London unsuitable? In what way?

Alambil · 22/02/2008 22:37

I accompanied a trip with Y6 the other day to the British Museum.

We had 6 adults to 30 kids - each adult had 5 kids to keep watch over and were counting them every 2 or 3 mintues. No exaggeration.

The school will have got loads of parent helpers and TAs and teachers on the trip - it will be an excellent experience for them.

It will aid their understanding of their lessons too - really brings it to life.

It is a long day though... surely too long for Y2??! I'm surprised the school are taking such young kids really that far on public transport - I'd expect a coach that they could crash out on if they wanted to on the way home.

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urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmmmmm · 22/02/2008 22:37

Nancy - that is exactly what I was thinking! Should have said as much...

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roisin · 22/02/2008 22:38

Great opportunity - let them go!

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urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmmmmm · 22/02/2008 22:39

We live far, far, away........

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bubblepop · 22/02/2008 22:40

i would'nt be worried about them going to london, and school trips are usually well supervised with parent helpers on board. maybe the day could be a little long...

marina · 22/02/2008 22:40

Long day for the Yr2 potentially but otherwise go for it
I grew up in London and lived to tell the tale, visiting the original Tutankhamun Exhibition at the height of an IRA bombing campaign
Your only worry is once your kids see what a superb city it is for young people they might not want to come home

hunkermunker · 22/02/2008 22:41

In caves, urrrrrm?

Bad things happen in other places. Kids on school trips aren't often hijacked and murdered in London. Well, only by wolves, but that doesn't make the headlines any more. We've got wolf fatigue.

scottishmummy · 22/02/2008 22:42

well at primary we came to London and all loved it. so let them go, it will be supervised, lots of fun, so exciting don't/imo deny them this.i was form smalltownsville and London was so so exciting

do you really want to be a constantly worried what-if mum.fact is this is about age appropriate developmental exploration and time away from home.let them do this

PS Yes folk in London have children too

S1ur · 22/02/2008 22:42

at the big smoke fears, all londoners are either luberly jubberly cockney types with pockets full of gold watches and lollipops or else their royalty of some kind. So either way, they'll be fine.

London's fine. Sure they'll love it!

Tis a bloody long day for a 6/7 year old mind.

chunkychips · 22/02/2008 22:43

I would definitely send them. They'll have a great time. So what if it's a long day, won't do them any harm. As for London not being suitable for children

hunkermunker · 22/02/2008 22:43

Long days don't kill children.

Wolves do though. But, meh.

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urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmmmmm · 22/02/2008 22:44

No not caves! Little protective bubbles that we never let our children out of

Oh - I knew it was daft. It just shakes you a bit when mums you respect basically turn round and say they think something you are going to do is so potentially harmful they won't let their child participate.

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nutcracker · 22/02/2008 22:44

My dd2 did exactly this trip a few months ago and it was a disaster, however this was because they went on a coach that got stuck in traffic for hours and hours and their coach had no loo on it .

Had they gone on the train I think it would have been fine, and despite the disaster, I would let her go again.

S1ur · 22/02/2008 22:45

Terrible, weird spelling and grammar disasters in that post.

sorry.

Oh and possibly a couple of unfounded stereotypes which may or may not have been based on Only Fools and Horses....

marina · 22/02/2008 22:45

I thought of you when I saw this thread nutty great she still wants to come back though

twospecialgirls · 22/02/2008 22:45

i would let tehm go if i was going aswell if i wasnt i would not let them go !

glucose · 22/02/2008 22:46

These women are dotty! Their poor, poor children.

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urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmmmmm · 22/02/2008 22:47

I'm really pleased about the train - because it does make the actual journey shorter and the whole loo thing much simpler

Hunker - about these wolves.......do they offer the children fruit shoots to lure them in??

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twospecialgirls · 22/02/2008 22:48

why are they dotty ?

scottishmummy · 22/02/2008 22:50

essentially as a mum you need to suspend your unfounded fears and let the children have explorative, developmental, away from family experiences. why stifle such fun? this is actually your issue so don't project unfounded fears onto them

nutcracker · 22/02/2008 22:51

Oh god yes she would Marina, all of the kids that went would I think. Tbh they didn't complain about the trip at all, they loved it and behaved brilliantly under the circumstances apprently.

I have to say that all of the parents who had not let their children go, had rather smug faces when they heard about what had gone on, and you could hear them whispering about how they knew they were right not to have let their precious angel go, but then their children were the ones sat listening wide eyed to the stories being told to them by the kids that had gone and had a fab time.

mollymawk · 22/02/2008 22:51

Sounds great - I think the other mothers are worrying unnecessarily. I agree it is a bit of a long day for yr 2 but I guess they can sleep it off at the weekend (hahahahaha).
London is okay. I grew up here and I am fine. But, mind you, I was brought up by wolves.

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