10 year old drinking soda

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Anonymous wrote:It likely isn’t daily. They probably have soda Fridays or something and they each get one can. I guarantee it isn’t a daily free for all with soda.

It is likely daily and it's perfectly fine. When my kids went to camp, they were allowed to use their own money to buy snacks at the canteen and they had the freedom to buy whatever they wanted. (There may have been a maximum on how much they could spend per day.) The kids would then consume their treats in the evenings during free time. It was like a party every night with their friends. My kids said they liked the lemonade and drank a can of it every night. They also bought candy bars, chips, pretzels, etc. Nobody came home unhealthy or with rotting teeth. I am mostly shocked that people didn't have similar camp experiences when they were kids. FWIW, I had all the soda I could drink as a kid. It was completely normal back in my day but I never kept it at home for my kids.

My kids go to two different sleepaway camps and I am familiar with several others. None have a canteen where kids can freely buy candy and soda. They only things they can “buy” (put on their camp account and their parents are billed) is shampoo, soap, toothpaste, stationary, batteries…stuff like that. Perhaps some camps allow this, but it is hardly most.

Is this camp a prison? Because that's how prisons work. Many sleepaway camps, if not most, allow the children to buy snacks. That's how it was at my camp back in the 1970s, and when my boys went to scout camp, they had a snack canteen they could visit during certain hours. I could bet money that your kids can buy snacks at their "camp store". You aren't there. How would you know?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It likely isn’t daily. They probably have soda Fridays or something and they each get one can. I guarantee it isn’t a daily free for all with soda.

It is likely daily and it's perfectly fine. When my kids went to camp, they were allowed to use their own money to buy snacks at the canteen and they had the freedom to buy whatever they wanted. (There may have been a maximum on how much they could spend per day.) The kids would then consume their treats in the evenings during free time. It was like a party every night with their friends. My kids said they liked the lemonade and drank a can of it every night. They also bought candy bars, chips, pretzels, etc. Nobody came home unhealthy or with rotting teeth. I am mostly shocked that people didn't have similar camp experiences when they were kids. FWIW, I had all the soda I could drink as a kid. It was completely normal back in my day but I never kept it at home for my kids.

My kids go to two different sleepaway camps and I am familiar with several others. None have a canteen where kids can freely buy candy and soda. They only things they can “buy” (put on their camp account and their parents are billed) is shampoo, soap, toothpaste, stationary, batteries…stuff like that. Perhaps some camps allow this, but it is hardly most.

I read this as your kids are able to buy treats but you didn't supply them with the money to do so. Instead, you are remotely policing every thing they buy, including hygiene products.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It likely isn’t daily. They probably have soda Fridays or something and they each get one can. I guarantee it isn’t a daily free for all with soda.

It is likely daily and it's perfectly fine. When my kids went to camp, they were allowed to use their own money to buy snacks at the canteen and they had the freedom to buy whatever they wanted. (There may have been a maximum on how much they could spend per day.) The kids would then consume their treats in the evenings during free time. It was like a party every night with their friends. My kids said they liked the lemonade and drank a can of it every night. They also bought candy bars, chips, pretzels, etc. Nobody came home unhealthy or with rotting teeth. I am mostly shocked that people didn't have similar camp experiences when they were kids. FWIW, I had all the soda I could drink as a kid. It was completely normal back in my day but I never kept it at home for my kids.

My kids go to two different sleepaway camps and I am familiar with several others. None have a canteen where kids can freely buy candy and soda. They only things they can “buy” (put on their camp account and their parents are billed) is shampoo, soap, toothpaste, stationary, batteries…stuff like that. Perhaps some camps allow this, but it is hardly most.

I read this as your kids are able to buy treats but you didn't supply them with the money to do so. Instead, you are remotely policing every thing they buy, including hygiene products.

Um no. There is no food or snack selling at all. I’ve worked there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It likely isn’t daily. They probably have soda Fridays or something and they each get one can. I guarantee it isn’t a daily free for all with soda.

It is likely daily and it's perfectly fine. When my kids went to camp, they were allowed to use their own money to buy snacks at the canteen and they had the freedom to buy whatever they wanted. (There may have been a maximum on how much they could spend per day.) The kids would then consume their treats in the evenings during free time. It was like a party every night with their friends. My kids said they liked the lemonade and drank a can of it every night. They also bought candy bars, chips, pretzels, etc. Nobody came home unhealthy or with rotting teeth. I am mostly shocked that people didn't have similar camp experiences when they were kids. FWIW, I had all the soda I could drink as a kid. It was completely normal back in my day but I never kept it at home for my kids.

My kids go to two different sleepaway camps and I am familiar with several others. None have a canteen where kids can freely buy candy and soda. They only things they can “buy” (put on their camp account and their parents are billed) is shampoo, soap, toothpaste, stationary, batteries…stuff like that. Perhaps some camps allow this, but it is hardly most.

Is this camp a prison? Because that's how prisons work. Many sleepaway camps, if not most, allow the children to buy snacks. That's how it was at my camp back in the 1970s, and when my boys went to scout camp, they had a snack canteen they could visit during certain hours. I could bet money that your kids can buy snacks at their "camp store". You aren't there. How would you know?

Ours gives them three meals per day and sets bowls of fruit out in the dining hall that are there at all times between meals the kids can help themselves to. They don’t sell snacks or beverages.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It likely isn’t daily. They probably have soda Fridays or something and they each get one can. I guarantee it isn’t a daily free for all with soda.

It is likely daily and it's perfectly fine. When my kids went to camp, they were allowed to use their own money to buy snacks at the canteen and they had the freedom to buy whatever they wanted. (There may have been a maximum on how much they could spend per day.) The kids would then consume their treats in the evenings during free time. It was like a party every night with their friends. My kids said they liked the lemonade and drank a can of it every night. They also bought candy bars, chips, pretzels, etc. Nobody came home unhealthy or with rotting teeth. I am mostly shocked that people didn't have similar camp experiences when they were kids. FWIW, I had all the soda I could drink as a kid. It was completely normal back in my day but I never kept it at home for my kids.

My kids go to two different sleepaway camps and I am familiar with several others. None have a canteen where kids can freely buy candy and soda. They only things they can “buy” (put on their camp account and their parents are billed) is shampoo, soap, toothpaste, stationary, batteries…stuff like that. Perhaps some camps allow this, but it is hardly most.

Is this camp a prison? Because that's how prisons work. Many sleepaway camps, if not most, allow the children to buy snacks. That's how it was at my camp back in the 1970s, and when my boys went to scout camp, they had a snack canteen they could visit during certain hours. I could bet money that your kids can buy snacks at their "camp store". You aren't there. How would you know?

Ours gives them three meals per day and sets bowls of fruit out in the dining hall that are there at all times between meals the kids can help themselves to. They don’t sell snacks or beverages.

What kind of draconian camp doesn't let kids snack on anything except warm fruit? I suppose they don't offer any sweets at all except maybe a tiny cookie if they gag down their vegetables at dinner.