Question about sports sleep away camp

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You're doing a real number on your kid if you're going along with the - we have to hide your mental health medication in your bag and don't ever tell anyone - line of thinking.

Do better for your kid.

OMG you people. I haven't talked to the kid at all about it. But I do know the kid isn't going to want the medication "discovered" in a backpack and made public to teammates/coaches. I think it's ok to want to keep your health information - whether it's mental health or physical health - private. The entire team doesn't need to know about everyone's private health issues.

Just wanted to know what the protocols were at a sleep away camp. We haven't gotten any medication forms yet, but it sounds like they'll require the medication be given to the camp nurse rather than kept in their bag.

Except your OP said..."My kid has to bring a medication that we want to keep confidential and do not want the teammates to know about"

OP here, yes, owning it. I wanted my kid to be able to bring medication, keep it hidden and private in their bag. That would have been ideal. Sounds like they won't let you do that; again, this is our family's first time at a sleep away camp so the protocols are new to me.

So you're not just asking about the protocols of sleep away camp (which any person could guess they don't want you just having meds in your bag). You were asking whether it's likely anyone would find out you were hiding them because you want to hide them.

Just own it OP. Nothing more annoying when someone responds to what is stated in an OP out and then the OP gaslights.

I have ZERO clue what the hell this response is supposed to mean.

Signed,
NOT OP

[Anonymous]

You need to follow the camp procedures. You (not your child) will likely need to give the medication to the camp nurse or they will have you order the med through a specific pharmacy and all meds will be delivered directly to the camp.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I think many other campers will be on similar meds so nothing to be ashamed of even if he does wants to keep it quiet.

Look up the statistics!

I love that people are like "who cares" and "everyone is on it" -- that doesn't mean every person wants everybody to know their business. Many people are private and that is their right, and why we keep medical information protected. For numerous reasons.

If I have cancer, I might not want everyone to know that I have cancer, even though many people out there also have cancer. The logic is flawed. By this rational, disclosure of all kinds of things should be normalized since others also experience it. Respecting one's privacy is important.

[Anonymous]

A camp nurse would keep any medication confidential.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is going to a sports team sleep away camp for the first time this summer. This is a weird question so I apologize. Do they do bag searches or anything? My kid has to bring a medication that we want to keep confidential and do not want the teammates to know about - is there any chance the camp does searches and will confiscate a medication that will then get reported back to the team?

Most sleepaway camps have someone who dispenses medicines and they are very strict about kids not self-dispensing.

[Anonymous]

The camp needs to know about, and administer, all medications for many reasons including if there is an emergency they need to be able to tell the ER what meds the kid has taken.

[Anonymous]

OP - What age child are you talking about? My teenager did a 1-week sports camp with her team last summer. I asked the coach what the protocol for medications was (without specifying the med). Coach said ask the camp director. Camp director said ask the coach. I told my daughter to set a timer on her phone so she remembered to take them every day.

Two years earlier, she did a real sleepaway camp and we were required to have the camp nurse dispense meds. My daughter said there was a line at the infirmary every morning. No one asked or cared what anyone else was taking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're doing a real number on your kid if you're going along with the - we have to hide your mental health medication in your bag and don't ever tell anyone - line of thinking.

Do better for your kid.

OMG you people. I haven't talked to the kid at all about it. But I do know the kid isn't going to want the medication "discovered" in a backpack and made public to teammates/coaches. I think it's ok to want to keep your health information - whether it's mental health or physical health - private. The entire team doesn't need to know about everyone's private health issues.

Just wanted to know what the protocols were at a sleep away camp. We haven't gotten any medication forms yet, but it sounds like they'll require the medication be given to the camp nurse rather than kept in their bag.

Except your OP said..."My kid has to bring a medication that we want to keep confidential and do not want the teammates to know about"

OP here, yes, owning it. I wanted my kid to be able to bring medication, keep it hidden and private in their bag. That would have been ideal. Sounds like they won't let you do that; again, this is our family's first time at a sleep away camp so the protocols are new to me.

So you're not just asking about the protocols of sleep away camp (which any person could guess they don't want you just having meds in your bag). You were asking whether it's likely anyone would find out you were hiding them because you want to hide them.

Just own it OP. Nothing more annoying when someone responds to what is stated in an OP out and then the OP gaslights.

I have ZERO clue what the hell this response is supposed to mean.

Signed,
NOT OP

OP responded in the middle of a response so the whole thing is running together.

[Anonymous]

My son takes an anti psychotic and he gave it to the nurse. He told one kid who asked that it was for ADHD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A camp nurse would keep any medication confidential.

This is correct answer OP. My mom was a call nurse. You have nothing to worry about I promise. Not one other person will know what med your kid is taking and most often, that they’re taking a med as often they’re administered at free time. Your kid doesn’t even have to say “it’s an allergy pill”. At most he’ll say “oh I was taking medicine with the nurse”. Nobody will ask.

I get your concern, OP.