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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would check with the camp and point out the discrepancy between the policy and the practice. I would also observe if kids are wearing watches at drop off and pick up. Then you can decide if you want to return next year, based on the above.

It doesn’t really matter whether people here think a smart watch ban is good/bad. What do you want as a parent? Is the camp delivering what they promised?

My kid is at a six week sleep away camp. No devices, incl smart watches, allowed. Rigorously enforced. Parents are all in.

Could be harder to find a day camp with this policy and have it be enforced.
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OP is not going to find any day camp that will not have watches.  That is the reality.  Kids could be in school mode during the day and then call if they get out early, for pick up, etc….  which is not unreasonable.

The camp is not able to enforce checking all kids watches.  They just are not.

Sleepaway camp is a different animal.  My DS goes to a 2 week and very strict with absolutely no screens.  Enforced also and parents supported.
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This, exactly. For day camp, watches are extremely useful. [/quote]

How are they useful exactly? [/quote]
My kid had 7 friends at her last day camp in another town and that resulted in a fairly complicated carpool arrangement with families trading off driving.  She'd text when she had an ETA (depending on the order of drop off).  It was helpful because we had summer swim in the evening and needed to know when she'd be home given other evening carpools with siblings and sibling friends.[/quote]
She also had summer swim in the morning before camp and I texted her a few times when afternoon carpool plans changed because of work obligations and parents swapping.  [/quote]

She didn't NEED that information. Jane's mom could tell Suzy, I am picking you up today and Suzy goes with Jane's mom instead of Mary's mom. See how that works?[/quote]
The carpools ended up really complicated with 14 parents, 2 babysitters  and 2 au pairs involved.  There were often 2-3 cars going to different destinations.  So yeah, it was really helpful for her to know what car she was supposed to be in.  I probably had 100 texts a day over these stupid logistics, so it was absolutely possible for someone to be confused or miss a text.  [/quote]

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