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[quote=Anonymous]OP- my concern is that this camp should have policies and procedures to combat homesickness. A director “handing her the phone” isn’t the answer.

I was a sleepaway kid and a counselor and now my son is at camp for 7 weeks. Homesickness is absolutely normal. 5 days is an incredibly short amount of time to be gone.

Btw- the distance is irrelevant. The camp can be around the corner from your house. If she’s not home, what’s the difference? Also, I’m a fan of going without a friend because it forces you to make new friends— this is what camp is all about!

As for picking her up or not, I agree with calling the camp in the morning and finding out what’s really going on. As a counselor (and a camper for that matter) I only knew of one kid who went home early. He was so homesick that he was making himself sick and spent more time in the infirmary than with the bunk.

Finally- Finding the right camp with nice kids is he most important thing that secures happiness... not distance or lack there-of. Certainly not fancy facilities. Find the camp that feeds them well, keeps them busy and tires them out so that the toughest part of the day (before bedtime) is a happy, exhausted, too tired to be homesick affair. [/quote]

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