Would you let your child go on this school trip?

[Bubblegirly]

Hello

7yr old in year 3 has the opportunity to go to London to see a musical. It’s for those children who are involved in performing arts at school. It’s an evening performance and coach will likely not be home to midnight. It’s on a school night (organised by school) and children are allowed in later the next day.

1 parent is point blank saying no because it’s too late!
other parent thinks 1 late night is ok for a child that has a well established routine generally and that they will be sad to miss out!

YANBU = let them go
YABU= don’t let them go it’s too late

The parent complaining is just annoyed they won't be able to suck down their usual 2 bottles of wine that night, because they will have to pick them up.

They'll have loads of fun, of course they should go!

Why wouldn't their parent do that?!

Of course they should go. 1 late night. And staying up late is always exciting.

So, what we are really talking about is a once a year trip, for the kids who want to be involved in the school play. Off to see the stage version of whatever musical they will be doing.

Of course the child should go.

My 7 year old would love this! What an adventure!!! They would remember this for years to come!!!

Err maybe indoors with younger kids?

That they need their sleep and routine

It's a one off 🤷🏼‍♀️
It's good for kids to occasionally break the routine. It teaches resilience.

No I wouldn't, but I'd try to arrange a matine performance with my child's friend the weekend before the class gon

I’m amazed at this voting result. My DS10 would love this, but he’d be absolutely ruined by going to bed so late even now let alone age 7. He’d get to sleep c. 1am but he always wakes up 7/8am latest and would be a tantrumy monster the entire day being tired. I didn’t realise he was so unique!!

Absolutely let them go. It will be a fantastic experience and one they will remember. They will get over the late night. I find the response of not letting them go for that reason a little odd. Is there more to it?

Ffs it’s one late night

you don’t say whether it’s you or dh - but whichever one is it yes you are totally very unreasonable 😂

for a trip/show of a lifetime for a 7yr

its one late night. They will prob sleep on the coach and can go into school later next day

yes be nicer /easier if a Friday but obv isn’t

fwie mini blondes is same age/year 3

Loves her sleep in bed 7/730 tops on school night and maybe 8 at weekend if not too grumpy and wakes 7/745am so ideally 11/12hrs

but if was say a gymnastics /musical which she loves I would obv say yes

it’s one night. She’s had late nights for weddings and holidays

in fact our flights got delayed last year and instead of home by think 11pm we ended up home at 4am. Put her to bed. Got her up for school at 8am and took to school and early night the next night like 6pm

This! As a one-off it's fine if you think your child can cope? Although a matinee would be much better!

I do feel for the audience though - a school trip of seven-year-olds at an evening performance could be quite disruptive! What show is it?! It also depends if a child is used to going to the theatre. Not all children of that age can sit quietly for that long?

My son is older - but just before Easter they went on the same kind of trip, and they didn’t get home til past midnight either. To me, it’s just one night and school have acknowledged that it’s going to be a late one and have made accommodations for them to go in late - as my son’s school did. Tbh they’ll fall asleep on the coach. I say go for it!

It’s one night and will be very exciting! School is letting them go in later… what is there to worry about? Have done similar at our school.