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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Once I heard about camp from my teenage counselor’s perspective i felt I never would have been able to send them to camp as little kids if I had understood. Yes, it’s normal and no, it’s not very safe. [/quote]

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My 14 yo is experiencing this. He is confident but it is harrowing.

Re: pool - I told my kid under no circumstances was he to be a pool counselor, and he said they were clear you could opt out of that. That was the right choice because we are not a swim family, and my kid is not a strong swimmer (he's done lessons and passed tests, but we really should do some adult lessons...anyway). That said, ANY additional eyes on the pool to alert the lifeguard is a good thing. So I guess it depends on how they frame it. [b]"Keep a focused watch" is good and totally different from "you're in charge of this section of the pool" which is terrible. [/b][u][/quote]

this is a really important distinction.  I remember when I was a camp counselor the lifeguards gave us all a 5 minute introduction to pool safety, and they stressed that they didn't want any non-lifeguards trying to rescue a kid, but that they DID want all of us to be keeping an active eye on the pool, and to alert the lifeguards ASAP if a kid seemed to be in distress.  The more watchful eyes the better, and a 13 year old is perfectly capable of being some of those watchful eyes.

the only thing on that list that jumps out at me as not OK is having only CITs at checkin/checkout.  There should ALWAYS be adults around - at no point should the 13 and 14 year olds be the only responsible people there.  Now, if your kid is "responsible" for keeping her group entertained and corralled during checkin/checkout while the adults are actually taking kids into and out of cars, or signing people in or whatever, but the adults are always still visible and within ear shot to help if needed, then it's fine.

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