Waivers

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I have signed Finn up to a couple of activities (music and animal school) for the autumn and can't help but still being baffled over the amount of waivers I have to sign before he can even enter the premises. There are instructions on everything, from - pretty obvious - be on time - to the "different children might behave in different ways, please be sure to respond accordingly and engage actively with your child throughout the activity" to the bordering-on-nanny-state "this is a germ-free zone, if anyone of you have Mr Sniffles, please consider staying at home!"

And then I am signing a form assuming all responsibilities during the activity - so if my son chokes on a maracas, or gets bitten by an armadillo, it's nothing to do with the the Music group or the Animal Camp.
Sure enough. I can sign that.
But now I've forgotten that this was meant to be a fun thing for my son to enjoy. Instead I am head over heals paranoid that he might sneeze, or that he might accidentally touch another child with a tambourine. And is the teacher giving me the evil eye? Am I not clapping enthusiastically enough?


Since when did a rhythm and dance playgroup have to come with ten pages of instructions?
What happened to "let's all join in and have fun in any way we can?"