What would you do 5 Hr trip for a 10 your old

Would I let my son go ? yes if he wanted to. Would I let your son go NO . you just told us he can barely handle a 1 hour car ride.

Same.

Quoting lucky2Beeme:

Would I let my son go ? yes if he wanted to. Would I let your son go NO . you just told us he can barely handle a 1 hour car ride.

No I wouldnt.

 If the only consideration was his age, I'd say let him go. But with the ADHD and everything else, you know him best. Do you think he'd be ok on the trip? You said he doesn't do well on 1 hr car rides.

yes 1 hr car rides are hard on him but that is him alone its diferant in a buss full of friends  

My dd's had 5th grade trips. One overnight. One a 2 night 3 day trip 5 hours away. Your son? Probably not.

Is that 5 hours each way, or 5 hours in total.  If it is 5 each way, they only have 4 hours off the bus before they get back on for 5 hours.  That is dumb for any child. And no, I would not send a child with any attention issues on such a trip.

If it's 2.5 and they have 9 hours off the bus before another 2.5 hour ride,  maybe.  Do you see value in the trip for him?  Learning about college, seeing a college, at a young age, can be very motivational.  If your gut tells you he can't handle it, then listen to your instincts.  Or, ask to speak to a teacher who knows him, who is actually going on the trip.  Talk  about your concerns and see what the teacher thinks.

it is aprox 5 hr each way  from laughlin  NV area to Pheonix Az

i did speak to one teacher  the other 6th grade teach hes the one who told me its 15 -1 ratio  as for my sons teach there is not much trust in her  i feel she has lied in past  just cant prove it i could ask for him to being a group with another teacher  if i wanted  i am torn i think one had it be good fro him on the other hand i feel to much to soon 

Quoting ThinkAgainMom:

Is that 5 hours each way, or 5 hours in total.  If it is 5 each way, they only have 4 hours off the bus before they get back on for 5 hours.  That is dumb for any child. And no, I would not send a child with any attention issues on such a trip.

If it's 2.5 and they have 9 hours off the bus before another 2.5 hour ride,  maybe.  Do you see value in the trip for him?  Learning about college, seeing a college, at a young age, can be very motivational.  If your gut tells you he can't handle it, then listen to your instincts.  Or, ask to speak to a teacher who knows him, who is actually going on the trip.  Talk  about your concerns and see what the teacher thinks.

 

I agree with this statement.  Granted a bus ride full of friends is very different than a car ride, they still have to sit still and keep the volume down.

My 10 DD would be able to go if she wanted to, she survived our move from Washington State to Alaska via car- a 3-4day road trip... She had her DS w/new games, her favorite books plus a new one, and art stuff to do.. but it still was hard for her. She did enjoy a field trip last year that had a 2hr drive each way and was on a tour boat for the day.... they had to leave at 7am and well she said the bus ride was  long and boring, but had a blast on the boat.

Here in Alaska they have a program called Shadows... where an adult "shadows" a child that may need extra attention. Now if that was an option for you... and your son wanted to go I would let him go, along with a bag of  approved activities to keep him busy on the long ride. It may end  up being a great learning opportunity.

Quoting lucky2Beeme:

Would I let my son go ? yes if he wanted to. Would I let your son go NO . you just told us he can barely handle a 1 hour car ride.

 

Why not go with him?

Quoting ADHDmommyandson:

i was sent home a permission slip to sign  for my son to go to ASU   for a day of touring the school and collage prep  and  hands on activity  (part of the macro program )  apparently his school is the only school invited from our county my dilemma is this  my son is 10 in the 6th grade the school is taking 5th and 6th graders  only  they are  promoting this as a get ready for collage  trip. My son has ADHD, mood disorder, and autistic tendencies  i called the school and was told its  15/1 ratio the kids live at 5 am  wont be back till 7 pm  its almost a 5 hr drive on a buss.

My mother says no way hes to young 

friends say  hell no he will go nuts on the buss 

i feel 1 yes he is young  but not too young  2 yes he can barley handle  a 1 hr drive at times  and 3 why do 5th and 6th graders need to go check out collages shouldn't they be heading to JR high school to learn those campuses ? i think it is a lil much 

what woudl you do woudl  you let you son go 

Edit to fix grade  its 5th and 6th  graders 

And to add   this is his first yr in public school since kinder from 1st till Oct last yr he was in AZVA  a distant learning situation onlineschool