Who is being unreasonable - children taken to park during summer camp

[Jimmies]

DS5 is doing summer holiday camp. Run by same people as do his after-school club. The holiday camp is held at the school, in the same hall/area as the after-school club.

Started from 9am this morning. DH dropped DS off at 10.30am (!) but found all the children and the staff had gone to a playground 10 mins walk up the road. So weren't at the school at all.

We weren't told there would be any trips out of the school.

I think if he'd been dropped off on time - it would have been mentioned they were planning on making a little trip. It's only 10 mins walk away, there are only 10 kids.

DH is furious. I think he's been v affected by yesterday's news and is saying no way can they just take kids to the park without us giving explicit permission for them to be taken off site. All the info and marketing of the club was about being at the school doing activities on site.

He wants to pull DS out of the holiday camp (which would NOT be good for DS at all). I want him to stay in the camp - it's with all his friends.

What do you think? I am under-reacting or is he over-reacting?

It may be that they used their initiative and took the children to the park after a planned activity was cancelled (eg through illness of a booked tutor/leader)

I'd be delighted my child's carers used their initiative to keep things interesting and active for my child.

As for the events in Southport: remember, the stuff that makes the headlines is extremely rare. That's WHY it's headline news. Many more children die in road accidents each year than through random acts of violence like this.

If your husband is planning to restrict your child's activities based on risk, make sure he has collected and studied the facts and figures, rather than basing decisions on newspaper headlines.

Everyone is shocked by what happened but we need to keep a level head as parents.