What to do if there is no summer camp

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It's amazing how many people lose their critical thinking skills in an atypical situation.

No camps, means physical distancing measures still in place, which means telework is still encouraged as much as possible.

Same situation as now.

But actually by summer we'll probably see a gradual relaxing of the distancing rules.

This is true. Which means that offices may be letting more people come back to work. But, by then camps will probably be cancelled. So lots of parents are going to be in a situation where they're expected to be in an office but they have zero coverage for their kids.

Don’t worry. Camps will spring up if families have salaries to pay for them!

I think this is true. I mean childcare is actually not entirely shut down right now. My kid's school is daycare/ private elementary. Its open on a very, very limited capacity basis for essential workers like first responders, etc

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DD is signed up for her first GS sleepaway camp, but it's mid June, so I know that one is out. We're hopeful by July/August something will be open or we'll all go crazy.

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We are operating under the assumptions that everyone will get this but we need to keep the numbers at any one point low. As more and more people recover, then they can safely go about life. It seems to me to be possible that camps are open the second half of the summer.

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Anonymous wrote:I would look for a college student stat.

This. But if all the day camps are closed, you will probably have an easy time of finding one since a lot of them staff those places and would be out of work and needing a summer gig!

This. My current high school senior/incoming college freshman — and a lot of her friends — planned to work at camps this summer and will need some source of income/something to do if they can’t work. There are TONS out there.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe there will be a “massive uptick” in 1970s style childhoods? Lol

Right? I stayed home by myself the summer before 5th grade. I have a rising 5th grader now and that seems criminal these days.

This might work for older elementary kids, but my kindergarten child? No summer camp and no semblance of fake school? I think I’ll have to take all my saved leave at that point and take a leave of absence from my job.

This is my tentative plan if camps are closed and work is open, and it's going to be painful financially. But, honestly, at this point I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the idea of camps and risking getting the virus. I don't think the government will have testing measures in place by that point.

It may be the summer of pb&j dinners, hand-me-down clothes, and cancelled beach trips.

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My kids are supposed to go to sleep away camp. I hope it is open and if they happen to get coronavirus virus there it is likely to not be that bad for them. If camp is cancelled I'm hoping we will all still be working from home and can rent a house somewhere.

[Anonymous]

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It's amazing how many people lose their critical thinking skills in an atypical situation.

No camps, means physical distancing measures still in place, which means telework is still encouraged as much as possible.

Same situation as now.

But actually by summer we'll probably see a gradual relaxing of the distancing rules.

Maryland is projected to peak in mid May so doubtful. My daughter who is a camp counselor was basically told 90% sure they won’t open all summer. Our local pool is probably not opening per the board, and I volunteer for GS day camp in June and they are about a week away from canceling. They are not going to risk kids not being able to start back to school in the Fall. They are also not risking massive liability. If one kid gets it at camp, then camp is caput, but they still have to pay staff.

And OP, get an f’ing grip. If you can afford summer camp all summer long to raise your kids just find a nanny or college kid to do it.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are supposed to go to sleep away camp. I hope it is open and if they happen to get coronavirus virus there it is likely to not be that bad for them. If camp is cancelled I'm hoping we will all still be working from home and can rent a house somewhere.

My friend’s 9 year old niece died. No underlying conditions. But let’s take a gamble!

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Anonymous wrote:I would look for a college student stat.

Most college internships/summer programs are canceled so it might be win win

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are supposed to go to sleep away camp. I hope it is open and if they happen to get coronavirus virus there it is likely to not be that bad for them. If camp is cancelled I'm hoping we will all still be working from home and can rent a house somewhere.

My friend’s 9 year old niece died. No underlying conditions. But let’s take a gamble!

My kids could die here riding their bike on the street. My guess is they will be safer at sleep away camp. If it is open, they are going. But I doubt it will be open.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
It's amazing how many people lose their critical thinking skills in an atypical situation.

No camps, means physical distancing measures still in place, which means telework is still encouraged as much as possible.

Same situation as now.

But actually by summer we'll probably see a gradual relaxing of the distancing rules.

Maryland is projected to peak in mid May so doubtful. My daughter who is a camp counselor was basically told 90% sure they won’t open all summer. Our local pool is probably not opening per the board, and I volunteer for GS day camp in June and they are about a week away from canceling. They are not going to risk kids not being able to start back to school in the Fall. They are also not risking massive liability. If one kid gets it at camp, then camp is caput, but they still have to pay staff.

And OP, get an f’ing grip. If you can afford summer camp all summer long to raise your kids just find a nanny or college kid to do it.

There's an undertone of judgy, SAHMness here. Those of us that rely on camps in order to work and pay bills are, in fact, raising our own children, thank you.

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I assume if camps aren't allowed to open then I will still be allowed to work from home. If not, then well DH works from home and will just let them watch tv all day I guess.

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My issue is that if camps aren't open, pools aren't open, and it's hot as heck here, what will my kids DO all day. We're in the city so don't have a lot of outside space. The parks and playgrounds are too hot, the museums will be closed, etc. I think my employer will offer extended telework (I can do all of my work from home and it's been working fine, although I have been less productive because, kids). However, again, I don't really want to be stuck in the hot city if nothing is open (the pool normally saves us but I don't think that will be open).

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We will have to watch our own kids this summer. I'm scared.

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Anonymous wrote:My issue is that if camps aren't open, pools aren't open, and it's hot as heck here, what will my kids DO all day. We're in the city so don't have a lot of outside space. The parks and playgrounds are too hot, the museums will be closed, etc. I think my employer will offer extended telework (I can do all of my work from home and it's been working fine, although I have been less productive because, kids). However, again, I don't really want to be stuck in the hot city if nothing is open (the pool normally saves us but I don't think that will be open).

I’m in the burbs but same thing, I’m dreading this. I have tweens/teens and it will just be miserable to be basically stuck in the house all summer, after being stuck in the house for months. No camp, no school, no friends, no pool, very sad. I’m not questioning the potential need for it to be this way, just dreading it.