Anonymous wrote:My kids go to ES aftercare like Bar-T, so I try to explore different types of camps in summer week by week at different locations. They also explore different EC during school years. Many families in my neighborhood ( mostly white) send their kids to the same summer camps every years for many weeks or they spend some weeks at beach. And, they say it is convenient, stay with the school friends signing up same camps every summer etc. When I talk to other families in other school district (mostly asians) like in W neighborhood, they are like me sending their kids to different locations week by week. Is it culture thing that Asian families normally like to dig into exploring different types of summer camps compared to other races?

My DH (born here) has the same mentality and nag at me that why I go through the troubles spending a lot money to plan on different types of summer camps at each week, and it is a pain to work out on drop off/pick up on multiple kids. He says that his summer at childhood was just staying at home watching tv, playing in neighborhood and go to cheap county camps at most. I work full time, so I need his help for a few weeks to do split the responsibilities for multiple kids drop off/pick up because our kids do not attend same camps each week. Our kids enjoy doing different things at each week. Is he right or he is right that I am planning too much?

Anonymous wrote:Op here. I have been doing school drop off/pick up for all kids for years. I do not justify my husband's nagging of helping out for only a few weeks of summer camp transportation a year. He thinks it is unnecessary and avoidable, and I try my best and spend a lot of time on planning to avoid that from happening. He works from home, but he will not supervise kids. And, that's why all kids are in after-school childcare. I have not found a camp that my kids would want to attend for full summer for many years. One find Bar-T mountainside camp boring because they do the the same things repetitively every week.

To one PP above, it is not only about camp price. I think my kids are used to Bar-T aftercare which they go to, so they are looking for to explore different schedules and other activities that summer camps could offer. They are just more easier to get bored and want to keep occupied. Our neighborhood loves camp whitman so much, and one kid do not like it at all after trying for a week. I try my best to accomondate their interests. It is not fun to driving around, and I work at night to make up the hours.

Anonymous wrote:We've found that switching camps every week was too much for us (the parents) to handle as far as different drop off and pick up times/locations, gear to take, lunch/snack arrangements, etc. We now try to do multiple-week camps (or multiple weeks of the same camp), preferably ones with a lunch option. Our kids also like the continuity of getting to know the staff.

Anonymous wrote:Op here. I have been doing school drop off/pick up for all kids for years. I do not justify my husband's nagging of helping out for only a few weeks of summer camp transportation a year. He thinks it is unnecessary and avoidable, and I try my best and spend a lot of time on planning to avoid that from happening. He works from home, but he will not supervise kids. And, that's why all kids are in after-school childcare. I have not found a camp that my kids would want to attend for full summer for many years. One find Bar-T mountainside camp boring because they do the the same things repetitively every week.

To one PP above, it is not only about camp price. I think my kids are used to Bar-T aftercare which they go to, so they are looking for to explore different schedules and other activities that summer camps could offer. They are just more easier to get bored and want to keep occupied. Our neighborhood loves camp whitman so much, and one kid do not like it at all after trying for a week. I try my best to accomondate their interests. It is not fun to driving around, and I work at night to make up the hours.