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[quote=Anonymous]I think it is such a racket. My son staffed one for 3 or 4 weeks because he needed something to do in the summer. It was a fine experience for a child who was 15. However, the racket part was twofold: this was at a non-profit org that charges crazy fees for camp enrollment. The parents have no clue that the teens there--who have most of the responsibility/interaction with kids and literally act like counselors--are unpaid. My kids never went to that camp as campers, but I would have been livid to find this out as a parent. Second, the camp tries to get them to come back for 2nd, 3rd, and even 4th summers as volunteer counselors. We are not talking about a camp that has ongoing relationships with its 'people.' The environment teaches kids that their time/work is not valuable, which I think is a big problem (it is also not like NJ or NY where parents expect to tip camp consolers...which I am happy is not the culture here, and working for tips like that presents is own other sets of issues I'm not comfortable with). Also, I think a set up like this is fine for a 14 or 15 year old, once, but in a big problem in an ongoing way. Service is importance, but the structure of this makes it a big racket.[/quote]

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