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[quote=Anonymous]No. It is not insane.  My kids did not go often to sleep-away camps when they were in ES and MS. Rather, they went to specialized day camps - academics, EC coaching, interest, volunteering opportunity, new skills, sports, competitive etc.  Most of these were limited capacity but also quite affordable camps.  I had two kids and I was only one who was doing dropping and pick ups.  So, it meant planning, spreadsheets, keeping track of enrollment windows, and also overbooking.  I also booked with their friends so that my kids had company and it was fun.

A lot of research went into finding out the opportunities as well as creating opportunities.  I also wanted to make sure that I was being purposeful about the opportunities and that my kids also enjoyed it and could see its utility.  It had to spark joy in my kids as well as be affordable and help in cultivating their interests and helping them in their college admission journey and beyond too.  All of that meant doing my homework way in advance.

My kids are in college and they have been getting competitive internships since freshman year. Both in summer and during the academic year.  What they have learned that they have to begin the search almost a year early and they have to apply to a couple hundred positions before they get one or two offers.  So, I feel that the discipline and process that I followed gave them a blueprint to follow in their HS and college years. [/quote]

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