I know dc will love camp but i'm sad to have him go away for 4 weeks. It's worth it right?

[Anonymous]

I wish my kids would go to camp! Not so I can get rid of them, but because it sounds like an amazing experience for so many kids. I would have loved to do it, but I was poor growing up. We have money and our kids adamantly refuse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1 week summer camps are not a thing in the northeast. It is rare to even find one that will let you go for 2 weeks. 4-8 weeks is the norm and expectation.

Who sends their kids away to camp for the summer. I don’t.

middle and upper class people who can afford it, which you may not be.

I’m middle upper class and I do not Ms judgy —just like I would not nanny my child out I wouldn’t ship them off to camp for more than 1 week unless they were older and asked to go.

lol “nanny my child out”

Who is Ms judgy?

PP made a factual statement about camp costs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1 week summer camps are not a thing in the northeast. It is rare to even find one that will let you go for 2 weeks. 4-8 weeks is the norm and expectation.

Who sends their kids away to camp for the summer. I don’t.

middle and upper class people who can afford it, which you may not be.

I’m middle upper class and I do not Ms judgy —just like I would not nanny my child out I wouldn’t ship them off to camp for more than 1 week unless they were older and asked to go.

there are zero middle and upper class adults in america who are just now hearing about sending your kid to camp for several weeks.
there are many people who THINK they are middle class, but aren't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1 week summer camps are not a thing in the northeast. It is rare to even find one that will let you go for 2 weeks. 4-8 weeks is the norm and expectation.

Who sends their kids away to camp for the summer. I don’t.

middle and upper class people who can afford it, which you may not be.

I’m middle upper class and I do not Ms judgy —just like I would not nanny my child out I wouldn’t ship them off to camp for more than 1 week unless they were older and asked to go.

'nanny my child out'?????
advice from people who dont believe in childcare is unhelpful in any and all circumstances with the possible exception of #tradwife TikTok so thanks but bye felicia.

[Anonymous]

Some kids don’t take to camp as easily as others but for many it is a highlight of childhood. Well worth it just to have them out in nature and off technology. It’s like a gift from the past.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sexual assault is rampant at sleep away camps - but you do you

TF?
you must be a troll.
link to any piece of media that backs this up.

You do know that sa is underreported, right? What a bubble you live in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1 week summer camps are not a thing in the northeast. It is rare to even find one that will let you go for 2 weeks. 4-8 weeks is the norm and expectation.

Who sends their kids away to camp for the summer. I don’t.

middle and upper class people who can afford it, which you may not be.

Conversely, people who want to be with their children take vacations with them, rather than shipping them off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1 week summer camps are not a thing in the northeast. It is rare to even find one that will let you go for 2 weeks. 4-8 weeks is the norm and expectation.

Who sends their kids away to camp for the summer. I don’t.

middle and upper class people who can afford it, which you may not be.

Conversely, people who want to be with their children take vacations with them, rather than shipping them off.

sure. those $10k a summer camps are just filled with lower class hillbillies whose parents hate them. any basic google search should confirm this fact.
I know these are all MAGA troll posts though so it's not worth rebutting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1 week summer camps are not a thing in the northeast. It is rare to even find one that will let you go for 2 weeks. 4-8 weeks is the norm and expectation.

Who sends their kids away to camp for the summer. I don’t.

middle and upper class people who can afford it, which you may not be.

Conversely, people who want to be with their children take vacations with them, rather than shipping them off.

sure. those $10k a summer camps are just filled with lower class hillbillies whose parents hate them. any basic google search should confirm this fact.
I know these are all MAGA troll posts though so it's not worth rebutting.

try $15-$20k.
yes same hillbillies who are cursed with (urgh) nannies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1 week summer camps are not a thing in the northeast. It is rare to even find one that will let you go for 2 weeks. 4-8 weeks is the norm and expectation.

Who sends their kids away to camp for the summer. I don’t.

middle and upper class people who can afford it, which you may not be.

Conversely, people who want to be with their children take vacations with them, rather than shipping them off.

OP, I feel the same! I love being with our son and spend as much time with him as I can (without smothering). He is 10 and really wants to go to camp—we are sending him for 3.5 weeks this year and he could not be more excited. I know im going to miss him so much but he’s excited and I know he’ll gain so much independence. Sleepaway camp is an experience I desperately wanted as a kid and never got to do it.

Responding to this poster about vacationing with kids vs “shipping them off”—we vacation for a total of 8 weeks with our kid every year. Our son wants a sleepaway camp experience and we are willing to let him do it. Why do you think this is an either/or situation?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1 week summer camps are not a thing in the northeast. It is rare to even find one that will let you go for 2 weeks. 4-8 weeks is the norm and expectation.

Who sends their kids away to camp for the summer. I don’t.

middle and upper class people who can afford it, which you may not be.

Conversely, people who want to be with their children take vacations with them, rather than shipping them off.

OP, I feel the same! I love being with our son and spend as much time with him as I can (without smothering). He is 10 and really wants to go to camp—we are sending him for 3.5 weeks this year and he could not be more excited. I know im going to miss him so much but he’s excited and I know he’ll gain so much independence. Sleepaway camp is an experience I desperately wanted as a kid and never got to do it.

Responding to this poster about vacationing with kids vs “shipping them off”—we vacation for a total of 8 weeks with our kid every year. Our son wants a sleepaway camp experience and we are willing to let him do it. Why do you think this is an either/or situation?

pp i would ignore the pp - it's a troll poster judging by the weird obsession with pedophilia/ grooming etc (bizarro MAGA talking points)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sexual assault is rampant at sleep away camps - but you do you

TF?
you must be a troll.
link to any piece of media that backs this up.

Google it- story after story has been reported

sure in the 70s.
a camp that has been in operation for 100 years is not letting that sh*t happen.
they would lose their entire biz in a heartbeat.

wrong. google kanakuk.

[Anonymous]

I went to camp once--three weeks at a WASPy camp in the South. I hated it. I mean I enjoyed some of it but I was terribly homesick the entire time and was so glad to go back home. I begged to never go again and I didn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this their first time going? Weird to start with 4 weeks

what's the other option?

Mine is going to a YMCA camp for one week; a basketball camp for four days; and violin camp for 10 days. There are a ton of other options.

She started with the YMCA one week option and built up from there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this their first time going? Weird to start with 4 weeks

what's the other option?

Mine is going to a YMCA camp for one week; a basketball camp for four days; and violin camp for 10 days. There are a ton of other options.

She started with the YMCA one week option and built up from there.

i would hesitate to do ymca if you can afford one of the others op. i'm sure they're fine but it's not like for like.