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I think it's a careless, self-centered move even if it's NOT a camp aimed at low-income parents or used for child care or whatever.

That slot could have gone to a kid who would have enjoyed the camp and gotten enrichment from it.

I know this is not the popular opinion on this thread, where it seems folks think it's fine to suck up slots and not use them fully, as long as you're not taking a slot from someone who is low-income/needs this as essential child care etc. Eh, it's still a selfish move. The back-and-forth of "five days one week, one day the next week" etc. just teaches the kid that you really don't have to do what you say you'll do. It also is disrespectful to the staff/counselors/etc., if they plan activities for all kids.

It's so entitled to treat a camp that is not intended as a drop-in program....like it's a drop-in program. But that's DCUM-land: "I paid for it so it's mine. Who cares if a kid who would have liked to be there the whole time didn't go? As long as I'm not taking away from a Truly Poor Person, just from another family like mine, it's no big deal!"

Wondering why the topic peeves me so much? I've been staff at camps where people did this. It's disruptive when a kid bounces in and out and in again.

And then the parents wonder why little Johnny or Jane didn't make a bunch of friends at camp. Because the other kids were making friends while you were pulling your kid in and out at random. [/quote]

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