We had fun on our school field trip today except ...

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when two children got lost. One was found quickly but the other about 20 minutes later and he was very distraught. Each chaperone was assigned their own child and one other to look after for the day. I had Maddy and one other girl, who I must say behaved quite well, moreso than Maddy did LOL We were allowed to walk in groups around the Estate so 6 of us got together with our kids and walked the grounds. After 40 minutes into the walk, we got down to the bottom of a hill, the parent who was looking after "N", asked us if we had seen him. Because we were already busy trying to keep our children assigned to us in order and with us at all times, we had not noticed he wasn't with us. She backtracked up the hill, and found our teacher with another group and told her N was missing. She searched then came back down with her daughter, while the teacher walked around before going to the office to report him missing. We all stayed put and made sure no other kids went astray. Another parent joined in the search and started looking around. Twenty minutes later, she finds him around another corner (we all turned right and he kept on walking straight apparently while looking at his map) and ended up further down with strangers all around him. He was crying and stressed and wouldn't go to anyone. I know I shouldn't judge, but if that was Maddy, I would of been most upset at the parent who lost my child. Sure kids run off or run ahead, but it's still your responsibility to make sure they don't go too far, or at least, don't wander off, and to know where they are at all times. That is what chaperoning is all about, you're responsible to those who are assigned to you, and you better make dayum sure you take care of them like you do your own. The thing that got to me was that parent didn't seem too bothered by it and then says afterwards, "we all need to stick together" and I looked at her for a few seconds, turned and walked away. I was too angry to say anything After all that happened, we went to a park that was very close by to have lunch and a little run around. By then we were all starving and couldn't wait to eat and have a drink. I now have a headache and am going to bed early. I hope this has never happened to any of your children.