That is what we do also. We have it in our policy/handbook that if a child's behavior affects their safety or the other children's safety during field trips, they are not allowed to attend. Parents have to find alternate care at their own expense and no refunds are given for the child's missed day with us. Never had to do this, by the way. But wouldn't be afraid to if we did. owner might allow a parent to pay late, pick up late, put up with a child misbehaving all day at daycare, etc. BUT when it comes to field trips and saftey... there are no exceptions to that policy. We've talked about certain children, and how we would have to tell the parent a child couldn't come on field trip, but parents end up either pulling the child out before we had to mention it (due to numerous conversations regarding behavior), or just choose to keep them home that day without us having to even mention it to them first.
Can you talk to the parents of the disobedient children and let them know you will not be able to bring them with you on field trips, but that with you and parents working on this together for awhile, they will be given another chance to try again after a certain length of time (say, maybe one month, meaning two missed field trips?). And be sure to talk to the children, also, and let them know why they will be missing field trips. Maybe the trial run, after working with them on obedience for awhile, could start out with a simple walk, somewhere safe, and then move onto a field trip if they are able to do a walk successfully?

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