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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find it ironic that most people don't even let their 7 and 8yr olds outside to bike/play on their own (without mom up their ass) but yet ship them off for a week or more to sleep away camp.

I think if parents just loosened up and let their kids go off on some of their own adventures with friends, there wouldn't be a need to get away from their kids for some "relief."

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You are comparing apples to oranges though.  Camp is supervised and letting your kids run the neighborhood isn't.[/quote]

I was a camp counselor and can assure you, your kids are left unsupervised more than you think, even the young ones.   The counselors are there to finish up the day as quick as possible so they can party and get laid.

I thought maybe things had changed and my daughter's friends were going to one so we said okay.  They went to Camp Hidden Meadows when she was 11yrs old and the counselors were total bitches to the entire cabin.  They acted so friendly arrival day and then after, could not be bothered.  The last 3 days the cabin was quarantined because a Russian girl's head was full of lice (nice lice check nurse!) so they spent an entire night 9pm-3am stripping the entire cabin, taking 2 showers, and remaking the beds.  Then were nixed from any pool or swimming and had to eat alone.  Could not go to any group activities.  We paid for a week.  DD got about 3 full days.  No refund or apology offered.  DD was never so happy to see us in her life :)  Oh and her and some friends found used condoms on the woods during a hike too.  I guess the counselors still do have a good time.

We have done a few 2-3 day Girl Scout camps and now my daughter is old enough and volunteers at day Girl Scout camps too.  We love camping, the great outdoors, etc...  but the sleep away camps for the most part are just gross.  [/quote]

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