Anonymous
04/01/2024 14:21
Subject: Summer plans
This year is fairly cheap. We’re spending $1500 for 3 camps for DD who’s 11. All 3 she asked for (one for her instrument, a clinic for her sport and one for science). She’s spending 2 weeks with her grandma and has a camping trip with dad and grandparents another week. The other weeks we’ll do some fun things around the area or more than likely end up being by our pool.
Next year when she wants to do Space Camp, and a residential zoology camp will be crazy.
Next year when she wants to do Space Camp, and a residential zoology camp will be crazy.
Anonymous
04/01/2024 13:33
Subject: Summer plans
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Two kids at home all summer. Zero camps. I am a SAHM. Kids are 11 and 14. 5th summer in a row now.
Yup. Paying for a pool membership and doing day trips to things that are free.
Sounds boring AF for that 14 year old to spend their fifth summer in a row with nothing to do but hang with their mom doing the same crap they’ve done the last four summers.
What 14-year-old would want to be in a day camp instead of hanging out at the pool with their friends
+1 My kid has scheduled activities all the school year. During summers they are only required to keep up with instrument and accelerated math practice and both activities can be done at home in their PJs. They dont have to do camps and classes if they don't want to. And most of the time they don't want that.
Anonymous
04/01/2024 12:45
Subject: Summer plans
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Two kids at home all summer. Zero camps. I am a SAHM. Kids are 11 and 14. 5th summer in a row now.
Yup. Paying for a pool membership and doing day trips to things that are free.
Sounds boring AF for that 14 year old to spend their fifth summer in a row with nothing to do but hang with their mom doing the same crap they’ve done the last four summers.
What 14-year-old would want to be in a day camp instead of hanging out at the pool with their friends
At 14 they should be getting a job.
At 14 they should be allowed to still have a fun summer.
No one said they had to get a summer job as an accountant. The only jobs a 14 year old can get would be on the "fun" side - babysitter, junior camp counselor, dog walker, etc.
Anonymous
04/01/2024 12:41
Subject: Summer plans
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:75k for us . Trust the process
Wow! What does this include?
It includes their children not living at their home for most of the summer. Not what I have in mind.
Don’t be jealous
NP. The pricey sleepaway camps are like $15-16K for 7 to 8 weeks. Even if the PP is doing that for all three of her DCs. that's more like 50k. I'm curious about the 75k too!
I work full-time...
My 10 yo DD (rising 5th grader) will be doing 4 weeks of sleepaway camp (which she looooooooooooooooooves to the point of being somewhat obsessed with) for $7,500, and then three weeks of a park district swim + art camp for $1,200.
My 6 yo DD (rising 1st grader) will be doing 6 weeks of a private day camp (which she looooooved last year) for $6,000. I realize that this is ridiculously expensive for day camp, but it includes round trip bus transportation that picks up/drops off at our front door, and those bus trips essentially double as before and aftercare (day is from 8:45 to 4:30 with bus) which is enough coverage for us. She also gets daily swim instruction and daily free swim period, a very small camper group, tons of fun specialty activities, outside vendors who come do performances and activities, use of beautiful grounds and outdoor spaces, etc. She will have several good friends in her camper group.
Remaining weeks will be some nothing-fancy travel (drive to rented beach house with cousins), some time spent at pool or outings with either myself or DH who will each take some days off, and also some days entertaining themselves at home while I WFH.
Maybe it includes airfare if it’s an international camp? Or it includes expensive activities like equestrian?
Anonymous
04/01/2024 12:21
Subject: Summer plans
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Two kids at home all summer. Zero camps. I am a SAHM. Kids are 11 and 14. 5th summer in a row now.
Yup. Paying for a pool membership and doing day trips to things that are free.
Sounds boring AF for that 14 year old to spend their fifth summer in a row with nothing to do but hang with their mom doing the same crap they’ve done the last four summers.
What 14-year-old would want to be in a day camp instead of hanging out at the pool with their friends
At 14 they should be getting a job.
At 14 they should be allowed to still have a fun summer.
Anonymous
04/01/2024 12:12
Subject: Summer plans
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Two kids at home all summer. Zero camps. I am a SAHM. Kids are 11 and 14. 5th summer in a row now.
Yup. Paying for a pool membership and doing day trips to things that are free.
Sounds boring AF for that 14 year old to spend their fifth summer in a row with nothing to do but hang with their mom doing the same crap they’ve done the last four summers.
What 14-year-old would want to be in a day camp instead of hanging out at the pool with their friends
At 14 they should be getting a job.
Anonymous
04/01/2024 09:34
Subject: Summer plans
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Two kids at home all summer. Zero camps. I am a SAHM. Kids are 11 and 14. 5th summer in a row now.
Yup. Paying for a pool membership and doing day trips to things that are free.
Sounds boring AF for that 14 year old to spend their fifth summer in a row with nothing to do but hang with their mom doing the same crap they’ve done the last four summers.
What 14-year-old would want to be in a day camp instead of hanging out at the pool with their friends
+1 most 14 year olds don’t want to be in camps.
Anonymous
04/01/2024 09:34
Subject: Summer plans
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Two kids at home all summer. Zero camps. I am a SAHM. Kids are 11 and 14. 5th summer in a row now.
Yup. Paying for a pool membership and doing day trips to things that are free.
Sounds boring AF for that 14 year old to spend their fifth summer in a row with nothing to do but hang with their mom doing the same crap they’ve done the last four summers.
Feel free to pay for some additional activities for us then. Otherwise STFU.
Anonymous
04/01/2024 08:36
Subject: Summer plans
I do a mix of camps and SAHM (I work in education so I get roughly 8 week of off.
Anonymous
04/01/2024 08:26
Subject: Summer plans
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Two kids at home all summer. Zero camps. I am a SAHM. Kids are 11 and 14. 5th summer in a row now.
Yup. Paying for a pool membership and doing day trips to things that are free.
Sounds boring AF for that 14 year old to spend their fifth summer in a row with nothing to do but hang with their mom doing the same crap they’ve done the last four summers.
What 14-year-old would want to be in a day camp instead of hanging out at the pool with their friends
Anonymous
04/01/2024 08:23
Subject: Summer plans
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Two kids at home all summer. Zero camps. I am a SAHM. Kids are 11 and 14. 5th summer in a row now.
Yup. Paying for a pool membership and doing day trips to things that are free.
Sounds boring AF for that 14 year old to spend their fifth summer in a row with nothing to do but hang with their mom doing the same crap they’ve done the last four summers.
Anonymous
04/01/2024 08:07
Subject: Summer plans
Anonymous wrote:Two kids at home all summer. Zero camps. I am a SAHM. Kids are 11 and 14. 5th summer in a row now.
Yup. Paying for a pool membership and doing day trips to things that are free.
Anonymous
04/01/2024 08:03
Subject: Summer plans
Summer is grandparents time if they are available and can support. And we had doing 4 weeks of camp. Maryland parks and Recs in PG and Montgomery county have very affordable options even for nonresidents. We are also doing a week of sleepaway camp with Girl Scouts for 350 with financial aid, regularly priced 750 for the week.
Anonymous
04/01/2024 00:32
Subject: Summer plans
Two kids at home all summer. Zero camps. I am a SAHM. Kids are 11 and 14. 5th summer in a row now.
Anonymous
04/01/2024 00:03
Subject: Summer plans
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We're spending over $23,000 on camp for three kids.
What did you expect with three?
It can be done with half the cost. County Rec camps are good and are closer to $400 a week for 9-4 coverage.
Luckily for my kids, my goal is not to put them in the cheapest camp I can possibly find.
Neither do we. DS attends camps with small ratios and themes he enjoys. He asks to return to the same keeps each year and they are still less expensive then the ones you are using.
And that is fine, there are some amazing looking camps that we think are too expensive. There are also less expensive camps that are not so fun but work for folks on a tighter budget. Do what works for you.