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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm taking my 10 year old DD to sleepaway camp tomorrow.  It's a 2 week session and it's her first time at sleepaway.  She's going with her best friend and it was her idea to go.  But I'm really anxious about how things will go tomorrow.  She did tell me today that she's scared, and we had a good talk about it and I told her some stories from when I went to sleepaway as a kid, about how nervous I was but how much I loved it after I settled in.  The rest of the day she's seemed fine and was really calm while we were packing. But I'm trying to prepare myself for tears tomorrow when it's time to say goodbye.  Any advice from those who have come before me?  DD is sort of an introvert-extrovert.  She wants to be social but has some social anxiety which she's been going to therapy for in the last few months, and of course that is compounding (or is the core of) my anxiety about drop off. Any advice/words of wisdom would be hugely appreciated.  Thanks. [/quote]

I was a total introvert as a child (and I still am!) but one thing I LOVED with all my heart and soul was sleep away camp. I went every year on scholarship until I became a CTA. I even worked as a GS counselor one year but was placed in a leadership position before I was ready and cracked. I haven't been back since but so many amazing friendships made (thought they only lasted that summer). I would imagine it has a role in shaping me into the person I am now. [/quote]

OP here.  Thanks for this.  I was an introverted child too, and I went to sleepaway every summer from the time I was 7, for the whole summer. I don't remember ever being asked if I wanted to go, I was just shipped off. But like you, I loooooovvvved it. Summers at sleepaway were the happiest of my life.  I hope she has this same experience. I didn't go with a friend when I was little but I did have my older sister there which is a different (somewhat safer) source of support.  Anyway... thank you. [/quote]

See! We turned out OK (with the exception of a few typos on my part) so she will be fine. I never had ANYONE to go but strangely made friends quickly. She will be fine. Now start prepping those care packages![/quote]

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