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[quote=Anonymous]My sister did sleep away camp a few summers in a row, and loved it.  I NEVER did.  I was older, but there was no way I was interested in sleeping at camp.  I slept over friends' houses, at my grandparents' house without my parents, blah blah.

Just not going to go into a tent (or a cabin, didn't matter) in the dark and then be with kids I don't know for two solid weeks and have to pee in a weird place and swim in god knows what kind of pond and do all that group fun shit.

I did do day camp and enjoyed that.

And, yes, I did camp with the girl scouts for years, 4th through 7th grade (for joy, we even did primitive site camping where we set up our own tents, dug a hole for the bathroom, tra la, for joy) and in 8th grade I announced I was not EVER going to camp again.  Done.  Did my time, served my camping country, I'm done.  Was a girl scout (including a First Class, Gold Award and Silver Award, and went abroad on a world wide GS exchange) through high school.

On the other hand, if my kids want to do it, fine with me.  So, no, having a kid who doesn't want to do it is just fine!  But don't borrow trouble - you can't imagine it now, but in 2 years perhaps your child will want to try it.  Perhaps in middle school, or high school.  Perhaps never.  It's all good.   [/quote]

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