Get to. Have to. Same advice applies.

As the school year whips by us like homework excuses in a tornado, we find ourselves on the cusp of that most cherished of all educational adventuring: the field trip, where learning and relentless searches for bathrooms are disguised as off-site fun. 

You, dear parents, have been chosen (read: volunteered, or at least volun-told) to chaperone. 

This isn’t a drill. Nor is it a walk in the park—even if your field trip is actually to a park. This is a tactical obstacle course where you and they will run, cry, fall, climb, carry, and “Why did I volunteer for this?” your way through the day.

Here’s a briefing, because sharing is part of the healing:

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