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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel bad for these young kids having to spend their summerslike this. Such a pressure cooker of workaholic parents forcing constant structure on  these kids who should be outside playing with friends, using their imagination, hanging out with parents, looking up at the clouds, riding bikes all over the neighborhood. Now they go to all day camps, year round sports, tutors, and more. Childhood is gone.[/quote]

WTF?  Not all camps are  highly structured.  A lot of them are outdoor play camps -- mix of swimming, goofy craft projects, lawn games, singing songs etc.

At DD's camp, only some of the activities are prompted by the adults (structured games of kickball, learning new camp songs, doing a particular craft, half hour swim lessons).  The rest of the activities are more open-ended.  The kids have free swim time in the pool, they organize into their own sports/games, make up their own crafts with whatever materials are around (hilarious!), and make up their own songs and "spy games".

The whole thing reminds me a lot of my childhood summers, actually.  And I had a SAHM.  It's really not that different.

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Which camp is this? Sounds great! 
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It's a JCC day camp. Our local YMCA camp is similar or possibly better, but less convenient for us.

But we're not in the DC area. Smaller city.  Still lots of options here (including museum camps and structured STEM camps) but lots of lower key options, too. Aren't there YMCA/JCC/Town Recreation camps in the DC area?[/quote]

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