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07.02.08, 11:23 AM General Topics
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Seriously I have two kids and can not afford any of these expensive camps, nor do we have a summer home. My kids are seven and ten and I know its hard that all their friends are away. What do people do who have no money to send them to camp I fell so guilty [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 07.02.08, 11:23 AM Flag
 

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get another job so you can send your kids to local day camp? they need to do something. The Y camp is not expensive. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 11:24 AM Flag
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oh good grief, the kids will be fine... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 11:25 AM Flag
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For real. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 11:26 AM Flag
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well, yes, but it's nice for them to have someone to play with over the next few months, and not everything costs a fortune. did you do nothing all summer when your friends were gone? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 11:26 AM Flag
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np: I never went to camp. And somehow, I turned out just fine. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 11:26 AM Flag
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go to local playgrounds, pool, library, etc... the other po' kids will be there ;) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 11:28 AM Flag
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Exactly. Who thinks every child needs to go to special camp in the summer or she will wither and die? Good grief. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 11:29 AM Flag
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this is what we do [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 02:35 PM Flag
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word. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 11:26 AM Flag
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I never went to camp as a kid. I played with friends, played with my sister, read books, went to the library, road bikes, swam in friends' pools, etc.... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 11:26 AM Flag
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she's saying all their friends are away. this would be a way to make some new ones who aren't. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 11:26 AM Flag
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Or try going to the playground, seeing other neighborhood kids around, etc. Surely not EVERYONE is in camp. In any event, they have each other and places like the library have plenty of free events. It's really not that tragic. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 11:27 AM Flag
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oh please. what are your kids doing this summer? going to camp? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 11:28 AM Flag
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He's 20 mo so I think he's a bit young for camp. But neither DH nore I went to camp growing up. I remember summers being awesome. Camp seems like a PITA. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 11:30 AM Flag
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It gets harder in NYC once you are 6 or so. No back yard for running around, can't ride your bike on the street. No friends or community pool. No basement that is cooler than the rest of the house. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 11:33 AM Flag
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there ARE public pools in NYC. there ARE other kids who don't go to camp. if you sah, you could go visit all your friends in the burbs who you never get to see whose kids don't need to go to camp :) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 12:59 PM Flag
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bs. There are community pools (we go several times a week) and there are children at our nabe playground ALL summer, all ages. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 06:41 PM Flag
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np: my kids are going to the pool, the park, free evening concerts in our town, the library, etc... they are fine. really. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 11:33 AM Flag
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where do you live? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 11:28 AM Flag
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Most of those kids live in places where nobody (or few kids) go to camp so they play together in the backyards. That's still the case here in Ohio (we are here visiting ILs this week). [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 11:34 AM Flag
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how do you reply to posts? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 11:37 AM Flag
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We have to figure out a way to send dc to some camp, anywhere, because we both work and we need childcare for the summer. I don't know how we're going to afford it, either. (and yes, we're looking at Y camps and Asphalt Green). [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 12:47 PM Flag
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look at oasis also. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 02:38 PM Flag
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when i was young and my mom sah we would go stay with my grandparents for the summer. when she woh, i went to day camp. there are less expensive options in the city if you look around. you could also do 2-4 weeks of camp rather than 8. some camps offer FA. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 12:56 PM Flag
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you are always going to feel guilty about something. but check out the ymca camps-they offer financial aid and are pretty nice [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.02.08, 01:58 PM Flag
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