Originally Posted by dcm:
I want to revise the one I currently have in our parent handbook. The one we currently have, gives us permission to leave the premises of the home to take the children on walks only.
We have something like that for the state, and I fill it out with a lot of possible places we might go within about a mile of home--some specific (the library), some not-so-specific (stores downtown). I list walking, stroller, and public bus as possible modes of transportation. I have all parents sign that, then just go whenever we want. I'm rather old-fashioned: I don't text. I leave a note on the cubby shelf in case anyone shows up and wonders where we are.
If I want to go somewhere not listed, or go by car, I do a separate, specific permission slip for that one time. (Or, recently, for a series of swim classes: one form for every Monday for three months.)