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He is 7 - how many years has he even been aware of sleep away camp 😂?

It’s really sad that OP will put all this effort into pull ups but not therapy for herself so she can better parent this child and searching out help
for the child. No therapist who routinely works with children from these situations would recommended sleep away summer camp for a 7 yr old. And the insistence on going, the insistence of not caring about anything and a general I can take of myself attitude he has is a major red flag. It shows lack of trust in adults and feelings of only being able to trust and rely on himself. I bet he isn't worried about  kids making fun of him bc in his mind he is thinking he will just hurt them in some way to get back at them. He is not going to approach a counselor for help first. Most attached normal 7 yr olds would be anxious in this situation. 
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OP here, sorry...I don't quite follow. Why do we need a therapist to OK him going to camp? He's not 'insisting' on going...he's just asked, and been very excited about the idea of going to camp, for a very long time. He certainty *is* worried about other kids making fun of him, which is why we would rather keep the pull-ups discreet/private, if possible.

He's an incredibly caring and gentle kid, and would never in a hundred years try and 'get back' at a kid for something like that. He gets along great with other kids generally, but is otherwise usually pretty quiet and shy. Going to camp has been something that he's been asking about for well over a year now though, and we were thinking it wasn't going to happen at all this year.[/quote]

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