Has anyone sent their nervous uptight indoorsy child to an outdoor 6 week camp?

[Anonymous]

Not OP, and not trying to hijack, but is there anything like Calleva in northern Virginia? I'm in western Fairfax and while transportation is offered, I'd need to get my kids to Mclean (same for Camp Friendship in VA).

The costs of Calleva are much more reasonable then Camp Friendship, too.

TIA!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who sends their ten year old away for 6 weeks? Awful. Tell your sister to shove it.

Is that meant as a general statement, or to OP? If to OP, then sure, I concur with the sentiments generally expressed already. If general, then no, anyone who sends their 10 year old way is no awful. There are plenty of kids who enjoy going for 4, 6 or even (gasp) 8 weeks for the summer to some cool place where there are tons of activities and and other kids who want to share in the bonding that takes place when kids can grow outside of their parents bubble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who sends their ten year old away for 6 weeks? Awful. Tell your sister to shove it.

Is that meant as a general statement, or to OP? If to OP, then sure, I concur with the sentiments generally expressed already. If general, then no, anyone who sends their 10 year old way is no awful. There are plenty of kids who enjoy going for 4, 6 or even (gasp) 8 weeks for the summer to some cool place where there are tons of activities and and other kids who want to share in the bonding that takes place when kids can grow outside of their parents bubble.

You mean it is 8 weeks of daycare for the parents when school can not be. Give me a break on all the other PC BS you just posted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Try an artsy camp like Bucks Rock (if you can afford it) - gets him in a social group, outdoors but not sports emphasized (more like archery and kayaking on the sports side) and let's him be quiet and not "rah rah"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like sleep away camp us exactly what he needs. Camp waziyatah is great or it was 20 years ago lol

Were you on Bug Juice?!?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who sends their ten year old away for 6 weeks? Awful. Tell your sister to shove it.

Is that meant as a general statement, or to OP? If to OP, then sure, I concur with the sentiments generally expressed already. If general, then no, anyone who sends their 10 year old way is no awful. There are plenty of kids who enjoy going for 4, 6 or even (gasp) 8 weeks for the summer to some cool place where there are tons of activities and and other kids who want to share in the bonding that takes place when kids can grow outside of their parents bubble.

You mean it is 8 weeks of daycare for the parents when school can not be. Give me a break on all the other PC BS you just posted.

Clearly people disagree: http://www.pbs.org/parents/summer/home-away-from-home-enjoying-sleep-away-camp/

Take your self-righteousness and shove it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who sends their ten year old away for 6 weeks? Awful. Tell your sister to shove it.

Is that meant as a general statement, or to OP? If to OP, then sure, I concur with the sentiments generally expressed already. If general, then no, anyone who sends their 10 year old way is no awful. There are plenty of kids who enjoy going for 4, 6 or even (gasp) 8 weeks for the summer to some cool place where there are tons of activities and and other kids who want to share in the bonding that takes place when kids can grow outside of their parents bubble.

You mean it is 8 weeks of daycare for the parents when school can not be. Give me a break on all the other PC BS you just posted.

Clearly people disagree: http://www.pbs.org/parents/summer/home-away-from-home-enjoying-sleep-away-camp/

Take your self-righteousness and shove it.

The articles talks about ONE week of summer camp, not shipping your kids away for 6-8 weeks. And sadly, most of the stuff they talk about: sit down dinners, no video games, good sleep, nature, day trips, adventure, etc... usually don't happen when parents work all the time. So they have to pay someone to offer that for their kids. We get it. No big deal.

[Anonymous]

Read "Homesick and Happy". Most of the camps discussed are 4, 6 and 8 weeks.