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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We currently live in a small town with few summer recreational opportunities. Thankfully we have the funds and family to do things non-locally, and so DD10 is signed up for quite a few camps and trips this upcoming summer (all things she wants to do and has asked for, so no issues there). I do realize how this looks to her classmates who are simply put in daycare for the summer. How do tell DD that she doesn't need to tell all her friends about the experiences she'll have this summer that they won't?[/quote]

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I don't "politely" tell my kids anything. I kindly tell them how it will be. You simply inform her that she keeps quiet about her summer unless asked, and if asked you give her truthful but vague responses she should use, like "I'll be in camp" (camp can, after all, mean anything from daycare camp to sleepaway camp in another country). Then you practice.

And as another PP said, many kids may not see the differences as that big of a deal. Day care can be super fun![/quote]

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