Anonymous wrote:Holy crap some of you are spending more on camps this summer than I spent on a year of college (in 1992)

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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.

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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.

Great example of the unlimited screen time mentality I see all the time.

Great example of a typical DCUM wanker who thinks that a kid who isnt in structure activities 24/7 will be killed by a screen. That post didnt even mention screens!

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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.

If you are in the DC area can you share the name of the day camp your younger daughter loves? We pay like $550 per kid a week for a camp that my kids are kind of meh about and no transportation. Would be willing to pay more if they really loved it.

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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.

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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.

Great example of the unlimited screen time mentality I see all the time.

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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.

Great example of the unlimited screen time mentality I see all the time.

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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 wrote:$3,600 for one kid. I can't imagine the numbers y'all are throwing around.

Anonymous wrote:My kid hates camp. I guess I should be happy that we are not spending money.

Anonymous wrote:75k for us . Trust the process