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[quote=Anonymous]OP: I don't know if your child's birthday has passed but if it hasn't, talk to the camp and see what they are doing to celebrate the day. When I went to camp there was a birthday routine for kids. It wasn't a full blown party or anything but there was something special done to celebrate the kid. The day wasn't ignored, it was special. And the kids I knew who celebrated a birthday at camp then celebrated when they got home.

A few letters home about being home sick was normal. Kids got over it. There was maybe one kid a session that I knew who went home because they were homesick.

A tip for latter years, if your child wants to go again. Premail letters. My parents normally sent letters so that they arrived on day 3 by mailing them early. I know some kids whose parents handed counselors packets of letters that were numbered to be given starting on day 3 or 4 that were just fun cards and cheery notes. Most of them said things like "I wrote this before you left but I hope you are having a great time. I can't wait to hear your stories and see your pictures (we could bring cameras, I don't know what kids are going today since so many use phones as cameras). Then they sent a letter as soon as the letters arrived in the mail responding to specific comments in the letters home. [/quote]

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