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[quote=Anonymous]Three weeks might have been too long for his first time but unless he tells you about something happening that concerns you I'd say just chat with him after he's home about whether it was too long and would he like to go next year for a week or two, preferably not on his birthday.

Years ago my kid told me about a counselor at camp who made fun of a kid who wet his pants.  I think it's possible counselors in their late teens early twenties might not always behave appropriately.  Other than that I would imagine most camps are mostly just fun and a nice initial away from home experience for most kids.

I guess it might make me a little nervous that I wouldn't receive written updates from my kid for weeks and therefore wouldn't actually know if my kid was happy or not and for what reason.  I don't know the answer to that but I would hate to think something actually bad or inappropriate was going on and my kid couldn't tell me.  It's very possible camps would not hurry to fill in the parents on stuff like that either, if they even knew about it.[/quote]

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