Summer camps if you are sahm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One or two weeks of half day camp at most for a particular interest. I’m home and don’t need childcare and camps are expensive.

This. It’s also hard to find half day camps after preschool age. I’d rather spend money traveling than on camps, so part of the summer we travel and the rest of the time kids are home or at the pool with me.

[Anonymous]

Nope (except one week of half-day VBS some years, where I was also teaching). My kids do swim team, we go to the pool, go hiking, visit museums, meet up with friends, take day trips, visit the library, travel some as a family, etc.

We don’t get bored, and summer feels too short.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope (except one week of half-day VBS some years, where I was also teaching). My kids do swim team, we go to the pool, go hiking, visit museums, meet up with friends, take day trips, visit the library, travel some as a family, etc.

We don’t get bored, and summer feels too short.

Your family does it the best 👍

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do your kids still do camps if you are a stay at home parent?

I did as a kid.

It wasn't about my mother taking car eof me, it was about my own enrichment. First with local park and rec educational and rec camps when I was little and then sleepaway camp for sailing, horseback riding, camping, canoeing. Etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do your kids still do camps if you are a stay at home parent? [/quote]

Why does this matter? If my kid wants to go to horseback riding camp what is the difference between me working or staying at home? I have no horses nor a stable!

My guess is it matters in terms of expense. Families with a stay at home parent rely on only one income which may not be enough to support a bunch of summer camps. How do you not get that?

[Anonymous]

We have a FT nanny. So we do 2-3 weeks of special interest camps for the older one. Nothing yet for the younger one. I will definitely encourage them to go to sleepaway camp for a couple weeks when they are old enough for it. Nanny can take vacation time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a FT nanny. So we do 2-3 weeks of special interest camps for the older one. Nothing yet for the younger one. I will definitely encourage them to go to sleepaway camp for a couple weeks when they are old enough for it. Nanny can take vacation time.

Of course you will because you are used to someone else watching your kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do your kids still do camps if you are a stay at home parent?

Why does this matter? If my kid wants to go to horseback riding camp what is the difference between me working or staying at home? I have no horses nor a stable!

The real difference is that SAHMs don’t need a camp that runs the full day and/or needs a camp that provides before/aftercare. They have more flexibility and can mix and match.

[Anonymous]

I am a stay at home mom and my kids went to Islamic camp for a month a few summers ago. It was a great experience for them but due to the price increase we didn’t do it this year. If we had more disposable money I would have them in some half day sports camps. They will go to a half day camp at my gym for two days next month because I have a friend visiting. I think they are good to occasionally do but I don’t want them in all day camp. I don’t like swimming with them so it would be nice to find a half day swim camp or a babysitter who takes them swimming for a few hours.

[Anonymous]

Yes, for the same reasons we do school. Social/emotional learning and more direct learning of skills.

[Anonymous]

Some yes, but they are generally getting to the ages were they don't want to go, and I don't make them. Upper elem and middle school age.

[Anonymous]

We do a few of the half day special interest camps, but we avoid the daycare style camps, which are most of the ones for younger kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, for the same reasons we do school. Social/emotional learning and more direct learning of skills.

And so you can stay home and do nothing