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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You sound like a real a hole op. I am white. I send my kid to the camp at the school run by the county parks and recs for the weeks it’s available and then two other camps for those other three weeks.

That is what works with my schedule and logistics, and that is what I can afford. I am a single mother and I cannot afford to send my kid to a different fancy camp every single week or pull off the logistics needed to make it happen. I had no idea there were people out there judging me for being white and daring to send my kid to the same camp most of the summer. Jfc. [/quote]

Ugh, I am Asian and I had the same reaction as you! I really can't imagine why anyone judges the choices people need to make for their families, so I'm going to give OP the benefit of the doubt that she is just overwhelmed by the process.

I have done both types of summers. I love the county park/rec camps because DC see a lot of friends from our neighborhood and make friends with other local kids that they sometimes encounter elsewhere. I also like that the county camps often act as a "sampler" to see what new activities they could potentially enjoy.

That being said, multiple camps are really tough to coordinate transportation-wise. Also, as DC gets older, I feel more inclined to sign up for specialty camps to maintain the activities they do throughout the year.  This year I am going to sign up for the required "block" of DC's big full service summer camp, and round out the summer with maybe one or two other specialty camps.[/quote]

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