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[quote=Anonymous]Need some perspective.  My daughter is going to a, theoretically, very well respected, fun, highly organized day camp.  Last session she had a problem and was picked on regularly by another boy in her group.  She handled it well and the counselors addressed the boy's behavior regularly.  He was sent to the camp office, etc.  When it went into the second week and he hadn't given up picking on her, I called and asked that they not be placed in the same group next session.  I explained that I thought it was being handled, but if there was another group available I was requesting a move since I don't want to pay $500/week for my kid to be called names each week.  The camp office was super nice about it and said that the boy wasn't going to be in the second session.

Flash forward to the second session.  There is another boy who is just tormenting my daughter.  She says it is way worse than the first boy.  She has cried in camp 3 times in 6 days this session.  She maintains that she has done everything that we have talked about -- avoiding this boy, letting the counselors know when he is making fun of her and calling her names and today they couldn't miss it because she was in tears twice.  She is 10, definitely on the sensitive side, and maintains that she enjoys this camp very much and wants to go back next year.  It does sound like the camp is trying to manage this.  My husband heard about today's events and wants me to call again and complain about this kid.  I am not sure that calling to complain again is the right thing to do since the camp is handling it seemingly as best they can.  Really, some kids are assholes and we all have to learn how to deal with assholes.  When she needs support she gets it.  This kid just won't back off.  And I am trying to strike the right balance of letting her deal with it, but still supporting her if the situation is beyond her social skills right now.

But then a part of me would LOVE to call and complain about this kid.  Is my husband right should we call or should we let the camp handle it?[/quote]

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