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06.16.08, 19:14 PM General Topics
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Poll: Are you a strong advocate for sleepaway camp; will you send your kids, reluctantly, if they want to go; or under no circumstances would you send your kids away? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 06.16.08, 07:14 PM Flag
 

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I'll send my kids for a couple of weeks or three or four, when they are 10+ yo [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 07:15 PM Flag
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I loved it (I begged my kids to send me when I was 11). I'd send my kids if they want to go (and if I can afford it), but I won't pressure them--or even really suggest it unless they seem interested. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 07:17 PM Flag
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You begged your kids to send you? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 07:19 PM Flag
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Ooops. Begged my PARENTS to send me. Funny slip. Nowadays, I'd beg me kids. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 07:20 PM Flag
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BIG, BIG fan -- but I think that you need to spend time finding the "right" camp for DC. (I'm not impartial -- I work as an assistant director of a day camp.) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 07:24 PM Flag
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I agree! I spent all year looking forward to camp, but my brother, sister and I ultimately ended up in three different types of camps. Some kids are ready to go away at earlier ages and for longer periods of times than others as well. My sister never got homesick. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.17.08, 07:53 AM Flag
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Dc goes to sleepaway camp. I don't really care whether dc goes or not. Totally dc's choice. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 07:26 PM Flag
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i woudl send dd if she wants to go. i'd prefer she do some sort of away program, but hopefully not the same boring sleepaway canmp i went to. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 07:26 PM Flag
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Its either a Jewish thing or a fundamentalist christian thing. the rest of us keep our dcs close at hand. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 07:33 PM Flag
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I'm neither Jewish nor fundamentalist Christian, and I loved my secular sleepaway camp. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 07:34 PM Flag
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lol... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 07:35 PM Flag
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baloney [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.17.08, 07:59 AM Flag
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Oldest dc is going this summer for the first time at 10. It is his choice to go, prior to this year he did not want to go and that was ok too. I had s great sleepaway experience, went from the time I was 8 until 15. I really want my dc to have the experience, but I would have never pushed it on him [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 07:41 PM Flag
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Sending my 8 YO DS to one week at my old sleepaway. He's very excited! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:22 PM Flag
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If they go at a young age, say 11 and under, be prepared for them to HATE it for a couple days, and then all the sudden get into the groove. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:25 PM Flag
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Selfishly could not send my kids away. It's the only time they're free and I want to keep them near. But know plenty of people who send their kids and say the kids love it, so no criticism against them implied (though I did think sending 7-y-o for 7 weeks was a lot). [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:30 PM Flag
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7-y-o for 7 weeks is just crazy! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:31 PM Flag
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I just see it as unnecessary. Our kids don't need a "fresh air fund experience" and I think 8, 9, 10, 11 year olds shoudl spend some tiem with their families instead of being sent out on their own (or exposed to the idea that that is an option). FWIW, DH went at age 6, yes 6 for 8 weeks and stayed a camper through high school. I think his mother was sick of him fighting with his brother and wanted to play golf more often. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:34 PM Flag
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just another NYC bragging thing: Oh, my daughter is going to Maine...yes to Viga (or Veegah) or however you spell it. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:36 PM Flag
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:37 PM Flag
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Bragging? How could that be bragging? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:54 PM Flag
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No, camp is REALLY fun for 90% of the kids there. You have to know your child (my sister cried for three weeks after camp and could have stayed for four months, my brother hated it and went to my grandparents instead, I was somewhere in between). All of the camps aren't upscale, and at the fancy ones they often make you wear an ugly uniform so they end up being less flashy. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.17.08, 07:49 AM Flag
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i loved it and dd is going for 2 weeks this summer - she's 8. she goes to the same camp as her cousins. I don't see anyting wrong with it. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:58 PM Flag
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never [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.17.08, 06:06 AM Flag
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I loved it as a kid, but if dc doesn't want to, that's okay, too. I think going away for more than 2 weeks before the age of 13 or 14, might be too much for some kids. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.17.08, 07:33 AM Flag
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i'm not really a strong advocate but i can see myself doing it when they get older, providing we can afford it. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.17.08, 07:34 AM Flag
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I think it's a great opportunity. I wish dd wanted to go, but she has no interest whatsoever. I loved sleepaway camp when I went as a teen [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.17.08, 07:50 AM Flag
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