Is there any way to check that sleepaway camps will be on the modest side?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are a few summer camps DS 14 is interested in, which still have open spots. I support this 100%, my only concern is the privacy aspect. I don’t know what the culture is like nowadays at camps, but I don’t want some counselor being exposed to my son. I’m a big believer of body positivity, but I’m also a big believer in private parts being private! Is there a way to check if camps will have modesty standards for counselors?

To answer your question, the way to check is to contact the camp office and ask if they have a counselor training handbook you could review.

Pretty sure no camp has a policy stating a counselor isn’t allowed to change in the cabin.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you so concerned about your son seeing a johnson for two seconds? As someone who went to summer camp in the 80s, it’s really not that big a deal!

Oh no, I am still so so traumatized from that one time, oh wait, one thousand times that I saw other teenage dudes' wieners in the locker room in high school. I had thought I was the only person with a special dingle (as my dear mother called it).
/s

Yeah, OP. You are putting way too importance on this. 99.9% of teenage boys don’t care about this and often see each other nude for a second- from some angle. It’s out of communal living and sleepaway camp. Your son could be strategic with a beach towel so he is never fully nude when changing, but you can’t control if he may get a glimpse of someone else, and he likely will. If your son can’t handle nudity whatsoever he shouldn’t go to sleepaway camp.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you so concerned about your son seeing a johnson for two seconds? As someone who went to summer camp in the 80s, it’s really not that big a deal!

Oh no, I am still so so traumatized from that one time, oh wait, one thousand times that I saw other teenage dudes' wieners in the locker room in high school. I had thought I was the only person with a special dingle (as my dear mother called it).
/s

Yeah, OP. You are putting way too importance on this. 99.9% of teenage boys don’t care about this and often see each other nude for a second- from some angle. It’s out of communal living and sleepaway camp. Your son could be strategic with a beach towel so he is never fully nude when changing, but you can’t control if he may get a glimpse of someone else, and he likely will. If your son can’t handle nudity whatsoever he shouldn’t go to sleepaway camp.

Except OP’s son definitely doesn’t care; it’s his mommy who’s terrified of him seeing a big bad penis

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are a few summer camps DS 14 is interested in, which still have open spots. I support this 100%, my only concern is the privacy aspect. I don’t know what the culture is like nowadays at camps, but I don’t want some counselor being exposed to my son. I’m a big believer of body positivity, but I’m also a big believer in private parts being private! Is there a way to check if camps will have modesty standards for counselors?

To answer your question, the way to check is to contact the camp office and ask if they have a counselor training handbook you could review.

This is a HILARIOUS response!

"Son, I read the handbook and it says that a counselor may not show you his wiener. This is a nice camp."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are a few summer camps DS 14 is interested in, which still have open spots. I support this 100%, my only concern is the privacy aspect. I don’t know what the culture is like nowadays at camps, but I don’t want some counselor being exposed to my son. I’m a big believer of body positivity, but I’m also a big believer in private parts being private! Is there a way to check if camps will have modesty standards for counselors?

To answer your question, the way to check is to contact the camp office and ask if they have a counselor training handbook you could review.

Pretty sure no camp has a policy stating a counselor isn’t allowed to change in the cabin.

Yes, they would certainly be allowed to change and shower, but there may very well be policies against other unnecessary or extended exposure, which can be a form of sexual harassment.

[Anonymous]

I was an overnight camp counselor for years. Any reputable and established camp will provide specific training and guidelines for counselors. Just like the get safety training. Private parts won’t be on display.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are a few summer camps DS 14 is interested in, which still have open spots. I support this 100%, my only concern is the privacy aspect. I don’t know what the culture is like nowadays at camps, but I don’t want some counselor being exposed to my son. I’m a big believer of body positivity, but I’m also a big believer in private parts being private! Is there a way to check if camps will have modesty standards for counselors?

To answer your question, the way to check is to contact the camp office and ask if they have a counselor training handbook you could review.

Pretty sure no camp has a policy stating a counselor isn’t allowed to change in the cabin.

Yes, they would certainly be allowed to change and shower, but there may very well be policies against other unnecessary or extended exposure, which can be a form of sexual harassment.

But like, what would be deemed “unnecessary or extended”? Where would camps draw the line? How would they even enforce it?

[Anonymous]

He's 14 and you are concerned he might see a counselor's "private parts"? Are you kidding? He's almost an adult. Hell, at that age some teenagers are already sexually active. And you are worried he might see a camp counselor's body when they change clothes or something?

The problem here isn't nudity at camp. The problem is your hang ups and how you are infantalizing your DS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He's 14 and you are concerned he might see a counselor's "private parts"? Are you kidding? He's almost an adult. Hell, at that age some teenagers are already sexually active. And you are worried he might see a camp counselor's body when they change clothes or something?

The problem here isn't nudity at camp. The problem is your hang ups and how you are infantalizing your DS.

This is beyond even infantilizing, it’s borderline puritan.

[Anonymous]

This thread is clearly a creepy troll pedo
living out some gross fantasy

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have seen some movies about this kind of thing. I think the movies were even called Sleepaway Camp and Sleepaway Camp 2. They did not show wiener, but they did show T and A. Hope this helps.

T and A?

Tiddies and azz. C'mon now.

Someone has never seen A Chorus Line (or listened to the Stones)