Summer camp visiting day

[Anonymous]

If your kids are at sleepaway camp for two weeks or more, do you visit them or leave them be? If you visit, how long do you stay and what do you do? Stay on site? Go out to lunch somewhere?

[Anonymous]

My kid is at camp for 7 weeks. I hate visiting day and wish it didn't exist. It's held after 4 weeks and we just got back.

The reality is-- how can you not go? Every kids parents are there. Are you really going to have your kid be the only one whose parents don't show?

But it's only for 6 hours. The time there is wonderful but then it's time to go, and lots of tears are shed. It's. To like when they get on the bus and are excited to start their summer adventure. When I left, every girl in my kids bunk was sobbing. I really felt for the counselors. I know that I had to turn and walk away, but damn, it was hard.

In a few days, she will be alright and I know this. But I don't know why camp has to interrupt summer like this.

[Anonymous]

All camps have their own policies about staying or leaving visiting day. Our camp does not allow the campers to leave.

[Anonymous]

For a two week camp I wouldn't go. For a 7 week camp, I totally would. I'd let them show me around, introduce me to all their people, whatever they want. You're there for them, so they get to run the show.

[Anonymous]

Only if it's a summer-long camp would I go for visiting day. My kid went for 7 weeks and we went every year (his camp held it at the 3-week point). We weren't allowed off=campus, so we just hung around and played some tennis, ping pong, etc. The camp provided a big lunch and you had to leave about 3:30. It was a hard day because, while you were excited to see your kid, it was a lot of hanging around with nothing to do and then difficult to leave at the end! OTOH, the camp did what I thought was a genius move and had a huge waterfight at the end of visiting day. Nobody was crying after the waterfight started.

[Anonymous]

My daughter's camp does not have visiting day. There experience is that the logistics do not work well, and there will always be a kid who's parents don't/can't make it (for example, a parent with kids in two different camps, with the same visiting day). With that said, her camp is only three weeks,

[Anonymous]

Our DS goes to a three week camp outside of Boston every year. We are allowed to visit if we want to but it would be extremely disruptive, as they always have fun activities planned for the kids. That, and it's an 8 hour drive away. He is allowed to call or text for a few minutes a day after the first week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is at camp for 7 weeks. I hate visiting day and wish it didn't exist. It's held after 4 weeks and we just got back.

The reality is-- how can you not go? Every kids parents are there. Are you really going to have your kid be the only one whose parents don't show?

But it's only for 6 hours. The time there is wonderful but then it's time to go, and lots of tears are shed. It's. To like when they get on the bus and are excited to start their summer adventure. When I left, every girl in my kids bunk was sobbing. I really felt for the counselors. I know that I had to turn and walk away, but damn, it was hard.

In a few days, she will be alright and I know this. But I don't know why camp has to interrupt summer like this.

Maybe because kids shouldn't be with counsellors all summer but with their parents? Just a thought. Sorry you had to ruin a day out of your summer to go see your kid.

[Anonymous]

At our son's 7 week boy's camp in Vermont, there is an entire weekend where family can visit 3.5 weeks into the summer. Rather than calling it "parent's weekend", it's called show weekend (and when they perform their camp play). We get to spend allot of time with him over show weekend----they integrate the visitors into all of the activities on Friday evening, all day Saturday, and then until mid-afternoon on Sunday. We absolutely LOVE this special weekend with our son. Some families stay in the nearby family camp that this camp also runs. Many of the families also have daughters at the girls's camp and the parents/brothers/sisters spend allot of time back and forth between the camps that weekend----though leaving camp other than to visit a sister or brother is not allowed---too unsettling to take the kids out of their camp environment for such a brief period of time. One year, we opted to stay at a B&B 30 mins away; this year we stayed at a hotel in another town aprox 30 mins away. For the kids who don't have visitors (especially the international students), a very special weekend trip offsite is planned. Show weekend is truly the highlight of our summer and a tradition we look forward to every year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is at camp for 7 weeks. I hate visiting day and wish it didn't exist. It's held after 4 weeks and we just got back.

The reality is-- how can you not go? Every kids parents are there. Are you really going to have your kid be the only one whose parents don't show?

But it's only for 6 hours. The time there is wonderful but then it's time to go, and lots of tears are shed. It's. To like when they get on the bus and are excited to start their summer adventure. When I left, every girl in my kids bunk was sobbing. I really felt for the counselors. I know that I had to turn and walk away, but damn, it was hard.

In a few days, she will be alright and I know this. But I don't know why camp has to interrupt summer like this.

Maybe because kids shouldn't be with counsellors all summer but with their parents? Just a thought. Sorry you had to ruin a day out of your summer to go see your kid.

+1

Are people really complaining about seeing their kid one day overthe summer? Only on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is at camp for 7 weeks. I hate visiting day and wish it didn't exist. It's held after 4 weeks and we just got back.

The reality is-- how can you not go? Every kids parents are there. Are you really going to have your kid be the only one whose parents don't show?

But it's only for 6 hours. The time there is wonderful but then it's time to go, and lots of tears are shed. It's. To like when they get on the bus and are excited to start their summer adventure. When I left, every girl in my kids bunk was sobbing. I really felt for the counselors. I know that I had to turn and walk away, but damn, it was hard.

In a few days, she will be alright and I know this. But I don't know why camp has to interrupt summer like this.

Maybe because kids shouldn't be with counsellors all summer but with their parents? Just a thought. Sorry you had to ruin a day out of your summer to go see your kid.

+1




Are people really complaining about seeing their kid one day overthe summer? Only on DCUM.

She isn't complaining about seeing the kid, but about a day that disrupts the summer and leaves her kid crying. This poster understands that it isn't about her. Not every camp does a good job with visiting day. Other than the candy, I don't remember enjoying it much.

[Anonymous]

Instead of soliciting the opinions of anonymous strangers I would ask my child what he or she wants me to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is at camp for 7 weeks. I hate visiting day and wish it didn't exist. It's held after 4 weeks and we just got back.

The reality is-- how can you not go? Every kids parents are there. Are you really going to have your kid be the only one whose parents don't show?

But it's only for 6 hours. The time there is wonderful but then it's time to go, and lots of tears are shed. It's. To like when they get on the bus and are excited to start their summer adventure. When I left, every girl in my kids bunk was sobbing. I really felt for the counselors. I know that I had to turn and walk away, but damn, it was hard.

In a few days, she will be alright and I know this. But I don't know why camp has to interrupt summer like this.

Maybe because kids shouldn't be with counsellors all summer but with their parents? Just a thought. Sorry you had to ruin a day out of your summer to go see your kid.

+1




Are people really complaining about seeing their kid one day overthe summer? Only on DCUM.

She isn't complaining about seeing the kid, but about a day that disrupts the summer and leaves her kid crying. This poster understands that it isn't about her. Not every camp does a good job with visiting day. Other than the candy, I don't remember enjoying it much.

Why does it leave her kid crying? Because she misses her parents. An entire summer of camp is neglect. For parents that can't be bothered having fun with their kids. They grow up so fast. Why kick them out all summer. It is cruel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is at camp for 7 weeks. I hate visiting day and wish it didn't exist. It's held after 4 weeks and we just got back.

The reality is-- how can you not go? Every kids parents are there. Are you really going to have your kid be the only one whose parents don't show?

But it's only for 6 hours. The time there is wonderful but then it's time to go, and lots of tears are shed. It's. To like when they get on the bus and are excited to start their summer adventure. When I left, every girl in my kids bunk was sobbing. I really felt for the counselors. I know that I had to turn and walk away, but damn, it was hard.

In a few days, she will be alright and I know this. But I don't know why camp has to interrupt summer like this.

Maybe because kids shouldn't be with counsellors all summer but with their parents? Just a thought. Sorry you had to ruin a day out of your summer to go see your kid.

+1




Are people really complaining about seeing their kid one day overthe summer? Only on DCUM.

She isn't complaining about seeing the kid, but about a day that disrupts the summer and leaves her kid crying. This poster understands that it isn't about her. Not every camp does a good job with visiting day. Other than the candy, I don't remember enjoying it much.

Why does it leave her kid crying? Because she misses her parents. An entire summer of camp is neglect. For parents that can't be bothered having fun with their kids. They grow up so fast. Why kick them out all summer. It is cruel.

My child loves camp. It is the highlight of the year. She begged to go for years. If you see the activities, it is much better than anything I can provide, as I have things to do all day. And it teaches the child to be (somewhat) independent. It is not neglect.

[Anonymous]

My also loves going to camp. He's gone about 4-5 weeks per summer experiencing things he couldn't experience if he were home. DH and I both WOH so it gives him great experiences.