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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That’s the age we noticed a lot of our kids’ peers started sleepaway camp. I recall one friend from my son’s class who went for the entire summer before 2nd. The parents did the same with the older sibling and insisted they loved it. It seemed over the top but that little boy came back happy as could be. He still attends the same camp but is now a counselor as a rising senior. Personally, I would have really missed my young kids if they went away that long but it seems to work for some families so I try not to judge. [/quote]

Don’t tell me, let me guess. The parents travelled in Europe while the kids were at camp. [/quote]

Dude, people work. My kid is in day camp and before/aftercare at camp, because I'm at work.  Yes I enjoy seeing my kid at dinner, and no I personally would not send them to sleepaway camp all summer, but the actual difference between the two is small.

I think the people who get shirty about sleepaway camp must be imagining some 1950s summer where the kids all ride bikes and then go home for lunch with their SAHM. That doesn't exist for most of us. [/quote]

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