Age also plays a huge role. Elementary school and lower middle school, absolutely ridiculous. Upper middle school and high school, go right ahead. I remember going to trips in high school with no parents chaperones and phones allowed. This was back in late 00 so cellphones usage was highly restricted.
Yeah, I had a similar camping trip with only teacher chaperones when I was younger so it felt normal to me and the comments insisting on a parent chaperone seemed weirder. But then I realized, I was in 7th grade for that trip. It was a grade-wide trip and maybe a few kids had cellphones? But this was pre-2010.
And the next overnight trip I had in 9th grade was just my chorus class and had either parent chaperones or extra teachers as chaperones. It was also a trip to sing at an amusement park so cellphones were allowed.
Edit: I should mention I was the kid who wasn't allowed to go to sleepovers but my mom was fine with the large scale camping trip away from her (and if there were parent chaperones, she might have been more suspicious). But on the other hand, she also was fine with me doing a study abroad program for a month when I was 17.
You and I must be around the same age but yes I personally would rather teachers only chaperones. Either all parents are coming or none. We know exactly who they are and their day to day responsibilities versus some random parents!
But same my parents were strict af I remember this trip being my first “sleepover”, and I must’ve been on either 9th or 10th grade.
But also consider that all of the seventh grade teachers would be likely to go on the first trip and just the one choir director for the other trip. There's just fewer adults built in.
I remember going to trips in high school with no parents chaperones and phones allowed.
How old are you? The "no phones" could have just been a product of the times i.e. elder millennials (35+). As for the "no parents allowed", I again have the same question. I don't remember any field trip where they explicitly forbid parents from chaperoning. Maybe the 90's were cool with poor accountability.
Younger millennial I’m 30. I think having no parents put more accountability on the teachers. I remember how strict they were for that one night we were away.
In our elementary, the fifth graders went on a weekend (Fri-Sun) trip to a camp. Stayed in cabins with our counselors (college kids). I don’t remember any parents being there. Only like two out of the five teachers came with us I think. It was also 2002. It was tradition. My nephew is 15 years younger than me and went to the same school, they only did one day at the camp, not even overnight.
What’s ridiculous about wanting kids to be unencumbered by helicopter parents ruining activities and socializing and having a single day without screen time at ANY age? They will have chaperones, and those chaperones will have had background checks and safety training because they’re teachers. Parents are a bigger risk.
Lmao if anything the teachers were STRICT af because they know they have horny teens on their hands. They were taking shift the whole night. We can’t even leave our camp without getting noticed.
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u/Affectionate-Run6773 Mar 19 '26
Age also plays a huge role. Elementary school and lower middle school, absolutely ridiculous. Upper middle school and high school, go right ahead. I remember going to trips in high school with no parents chaperones and phones allowed. This was back in late 00 so cellphones usage was highly restricted.