Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest.asp?I1=ID&I2=73575" target="_blank"><b>Latest: OrSen: FL's Tourism Industry Try Again to Restore Parental Waivers</b></a> <p>Several Central Florida tourism leaders are lobbying to overturn the Florida court ruling that "parents did not have the authority to sign away their children’s civil-lawsuit rights before participating in potentially dangerous commercial activities."</p>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Sounds like a potentially interesting (and really confusing) story, but the link to the article doesn't seem to be working.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 Hum.. not working for me too. I would like to know more about that, whats it all about?
Originally Posted By dshyates <a href="http://thedailydisney.com/blog/2010/02/disney-world-and-others-in-floridas-tourism-industry-try-again-to-restore-parental-waivers/" target="_blank">http://thedailydisney.com/blog...waivers/</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm still not sure I get it. If a parent can't sign a waiver, then who can? Are they still able to sign waivers to let their kids go on field trips to a museum or a historical site? Is riding on the bus to get there really that much safer than the new exhibit at Gatorland?
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< I'm still not sure I get it. If a parent can't sign a waiver, then who can? >>> Nobody can. That's the crux of the problem that the tourism leaders want to get fixed.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros So are the kids allowed to sign the waivers? Are parents allowed to sign waivers for medical procedures? If children legally can't sign things for themselves and their legal guardians can't either, this just sounds like a recipe for a big old mess. I'm surprised it's taken this long to make it into the news.
Originally Posted By jkayjs I'm not sure how i feel about this yet. That being said there's no need to jump the shark either. It plainly says this for "potentially dangerous commercial activities" I'ld like to see the entire content & langage of the brief before I comment too much. However we have all seen kids involved in things that leave you wondering 'what were their parents thinging'. Left to their own devises many kids don't have the life experience to make wise choices especially when it comes to doing something that looks 'really fun/exciting'. That's why we have parental/guardian say.
Originally Posted By jkayjs << 'what were their parents thinging'>> Of course I meant 'thinking' not thinging. Late nite & too early rise.
