Anonymous
Post 04/17/2016 18:38     Subject: Is all day camp too much for a 9.5 year old for 5 weeks?
Anonymous wrote:Everyone is different. My DD wants to do many camps over pretty much the entire summer. My DS doesn't really want to do any camp at all, but I found one with his particular interests so he's going for a couple weeks.


I meant to add, my DS is 9.5 too, so I understand why the OP is asking.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2016 18:38     Subject: Is all day camp too much for a 9.5 year old for 5 weeks?
Everyone is different. My DD wants to do many camps over pretty much the entire summer. My DS doesn't really want to do any camp at all, but I found one with his particular interests so he's going for a couple weeks.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2016 17:50     Subject: Re:Is all day camp too much for a 9.5 year old for 5 weeks?
Depends on the kid and depends on the alternative.

If you work and are talking about a camp vs a nanny and the kid is bored with the nanny, then it would be fine.

If you are SAHP and this is the first summer doing camps, it may be too much unless your child is a true extrovert and wants to do the camp.

As a working parent, we have found camps to be very, very hard on our introvert. We do everything possible to limit the number of weeks in camp. And limit the hours in camp. I could not imagine if I are a SAHP putting my introvert kid in 5 weeks of camp. But it seems like other kids love camp. So it really depends on the kid.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2016 17:46     Subject: Is all day camp too much for a 9.5 year old for 5 weeks?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Working parents do this all the time without an issue, and for much younger kids. It is fine.


But kids with SAHP are less used to this. That would probably be too much for my 8 yo, and waaaaay to much for my 5 yo. My niece and nephew have done it since they were 2 though. But they had no other choice.


SAHM here. My kids go to day camp because it is FUN! I understand some can't afford it, but I do not think all day camp is too much for kids that age all. Myself, and a large number of SAHms I know do this. Summer is at least 10 weeks, sending your child to camp for 5 of them is not a lot. They will still have half the summer off! Camp is not academic either, it is FUN!


My mother was a SAHM and I always went to summer camp as a kid, granted from 9-3 and not all day because my parents didn't need the childcare. I always hated it. It wasn't the hours, it was that I wasn't into sports and the camp wanted us to run around all day.

That said, aren't most kids that age in summer camp all day out of necessity? Everyone I work with has their kids in all-day camps for most of the summer because really, what's the alternative?
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2016 17:31     Subject: Is all day camp too much for a 9.5 year old for 5 weeks?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Working parents do this all the time without an issue, and for much younger kids. It is fine.


But kids with SAHP are less used to this. That would probably be too much for my 8 yo, and waaaaay to much for my 5 yo. My niece and nephew have done it since they were 2 though. But they had no other choice.


Kids with SAHP get underestimated by their parents. Many kids love all day camp, and many would choose it over being with their tyoe A sahm parents.


You really think you know it all, don't you? Just like "many kids love all day camp", many kids also don't love it. I have offered opportunities to my son for different camps and he doesn't even want to hear it. I finally found one that is a week long for a half day that he's going to try out this year. Maybe then he will open his mind up to trying more (assuming he has a fun time).

Not all kids want to go to camp. My sons friends that do go tell him he's lucky because he doesn't have to go. And these kids are going to the "fun" camps. The moms also aren't thrilled about it, but they don't have a choice. Yes, the camps are more fun than school, but not as fun as being home and spending time with family and friends.

Let's be honest. The point of your response was to insult SAHM. You accuse SAHM of "underestimating" their kids and accuse them of being "type A" people that their kids would not want to be around. You're clearly bitter and you don't have a clue.


+1 I totally agree. Quite a few boys and also girls might be on the introverted side and not love camp as much as chilling at home and doing their own thing.
It's overkill many times. If working parents have to do it for such a long time but it is insulting to say kids like it better than hanging out with their parents.
Not true!
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2016 17:00     Subject: Is all day camp too much for a 9.5 year old for 5 weeks?
Seriously? No. Not too much.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2016 16:32     Subject: Is all day camp too much for a 9.5 year old for 5 weeks?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Working parents do this all the time without an issue, and for much younger kids. It is fine.


But kids with SAHP are less used to this. That would probably be too much for my 8 yo, and waaaaay to much for my 5 yo. My niece and nephew have done it since they were 2 though. But they had no other choice.


SAHM here. My kids go to day camp because it is FUN! I understand some can't afford it, but I do not think all day camp is too much for kids that age all. Myself, and a large number of SAHms I know do this. Summer is at least 10 weeks, sending your child to camp for 5 of them is not a lot. They will still have half the summer off! Camp is not academic either, it is FUN!


Presumably your kids have been doing this for quite some time, so they'd fall into the category of "being used to it."

I'm positive my kids would not rather be at camp than with me. Know how I know this? I ASK THEM. Crazy idea, I know.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2016 16:30     Subject: Re:Is all day camp too much for a 9.5 year old for 5 weeks?
no

is your child in school all day? not sure how this is different
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2016 14:29     Subject: Is all day camp too much for a 9.5 year old for 5 weeks?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Working parents do this all the time without an issue, and for much younger kids. It is fine.


But kids with SAHP are less used to this. That would probably be too much for my 8 yo, and waaaaay to much for my 5 yo. My niece and nephew have done it since they were 2 though. But they had no other choice.


Kids with SAHP get underestimated by their parents. Many kids love all day camp, and many would choose it over being with their tyoe A sahm parents.


You really think you know it all, don't you? Just like "many kids love all day camp", many kids also don't love it. I have offered opportunities to my son for different camps and he doesn't even want to hear it. I finally found one that is a week long for a half day that he's going to try out this year. Maybe then he will open his mind up to trying more (assuming he has a fun time).

Not all kids want to go to camp. My sons friends that do go tell him he's lucky because he doesn't have to go. And these kids are going to the "fun" camps. The moms also aren't thrilled about it, but they don't have a choice. Yes, the camps are more fun than school, but not as fun as being home and spending time with family and friends.

Let's be honest. The point of your response was to insult SAHM. You accuse SAHM of "underestimating" their kids and accuse them of being "type A" people that their kids would not want to be around. You're clearly bitter and you don't have a clue.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2016 12:37     Subject: Is all day camp too much for a 9.5 year old for 5 weeks?
Anonymous wrote:My 11 week old did great in daycare from 8-5, so I think you're good.


+1000

Can't believe this is a serious post!
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2016 11:56     Subject: Is all day camp too much for a 9.5 year old for 5 weeks?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Working parents do this all the time without an issue, and for much younger kids. It is fine.


But kids with SAHP are less used to this. That would probably be too much for my 8 yo, and waaaaay to much for my 5 yo. My niece and nephew have done it since they were 2 though. But they had no other choice.


SAHM here. My kids go to day camp because it is FUN! I understand some can't afford it, but I do not think all day camp is too much for kids that age all. Myself, and a large number of SAHms I know do this. Summer is at least 10 weeks, sending your child to camp for 5 of them is not a lot. They will still have half the summer off! Camp is not academic either, it is FUN!
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2016 11:48     Subject: Is all day camp too much for a 9.5 year old for 5 weeks?
Anonymous wrote:Working parents do this all the time without an issue, and for much younger kids. It is fine.


+1

My kids did all day camps from kindergarten on. They had to. I had to work. Mom's got bills to pay.

It's not the time, the camp. We bounced around a lot to find camps that they liked. If they like the camp, they will be super happy and won't mind at all. If the camp isn't to their liking, it was a disaster.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2016 11:44     Subject: Is all day camp too much for a 9.5 year old for 5 weeks?
My kids also wouldn't like camp all day for 5 weeks.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2016 11:38     Subject: Is all day camp too much for a 9.5 year old for 5 weeks?
My oldest isn't a camp kind of kid, either. The length of the day wears on her. We have an au pair so she can go to activities like swim team and hang out at the pool without having to have a set, all-day schedule.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2016 10:41     Subject: Is all day camp too much for a 9.5 year old for 5 weeks?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Working parents do this all the time without an issue, and for much younger kids. It is fine.


But kids with SAHP are less used to this. That would probably be too much for my 8 yo, and waaaaay to much for my 5 yo. My niece and nephew have done it since they were 2 though. But they had no other choice.


Kids with SAHP get underestimated by their parents. Many kids love all day camp, and many would choose it over being with their tyoe A sahm parents.


This would be too much for my kids, and would have been too much for me when I was a kid. My brother's kids love camp, but they're different kids than mine, more socially oriented, higher energy. For my kids, some camp and a college student to watch/play with them for the rest of the summer is a better pace.