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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sending a 10 yr old to camp for 3 weeks is very typical/normal, PP. you must be one if those parents who can't let go of you child. You need to learn how to do so.  It is key.

I went away to camp for 5 weeks a month after I turned 8.  I LOVED it.  It was in 1976.  Best thing my parents ever did for me.  It was an all girls camp in Brevard, NC. I went until the summer I was 17. That summer I went to Greece.  Now my daughter is at the same camp and also LOVING it.  I sent her for only 2 weeks and she is dying to stay longer.  I should have signed her up for 4 at least but there is next year.  
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I am sorry but it is not normal for a 10yr old to be away from their parents for weeks.  Why don't Jewish parents ever want to spend time with their kids?  Most of them around my way send their kids starting at 8yrs old and go for 4-8wks and occasionally the whole summer.  They count down when their kids leave and go on summer vacations without them  That is just sad.[/quote]

Good Lord, you are a bigot AND pathetically provincial.   Many posters have told you firmly that sleep away camp is not a " Jewish thing". Yes, there are camps specifically for Jews but, there are many camps for Gentiles too.

Sleep away camp is not "sending your kid away". You just don't get it. It is about helping a child learn self reliance, resilience, confidence and the ability to grow as a person in a very safe environment without an overprotective parent hovering.  Read a bit, PP, much has been written in the benefits of sleep away camp.  Children reap the benefits of going away to camp, not parents.  Every parent I know finds it difficult but they know their kid(s) love it and it is the best thing for them.

Egads!!  What must you think of boarding school?  And will you have your kids live at home and go to a local college?

If you just can't  afford it, fine.  The best camps are quite expensive, but don't try to denigrate those who can afford it. You just sound pathetic.[/quote]

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