Comments on: Survey http://american-family.org/2009/11/05/survey/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:57:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Phoebe http://american-family.org/2009/11/05/survey/comment-page-1/#comment-131156 Phoebe Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:54:07 +0000 http://american-family.org/?p=2420#comment-131156 My kid will not be ready for sleep-away camp at 7. (My kid will not overnight with grandparents, or with friends, because "I miss my parents too much." My kid woke up at 1am and re-opened her door to the bathroom that connects her room to ours, "just in case I needed it later" last night. My kid is in my bed when I wake up in the morning about 50% of the time.) Her preschool offered overnights a couple times a year, and she was totally fine with those. But she loved preschool, and camp would be a brand-new environment. She hates brand-new environments. My kid will not be ready for sleep-away camp at 7. (My kid will not overnight with grandparents, or with friends, because “I miss my parents too much.” My kid woke up at 1am and re-opened her door to the bathroom that connects her room to ours, “just in case I needed it later” last night. My kid is in my bed when I wake up in the morning about 50% of the time.)

Her preschool offered overnights a couple times a year, and she was totally fine with those. But she loved preschool, and camp would be a brand-new environment. She hates brand-new environments.

]]> By: Annie http://american-family.org/2009/11/05/survey/comment-page-1/#comment-131045 Annie Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:49:40 +0000 http://american-family.org/?p=2420#comment-131045 As a former camper and camp counselor I'd have to say it is very rare that a seven year old would be ready for camp. It's a very different environment full of challenging activities they've never tried, people they've never met, weird food and strange beds. And seven days is a long time. Even three days is too much for many kids that young. However, once in a while I've seen a seven year old thrive at camp. BUT that's rare. As a former camper and camp counselor I’d have to say it is very rare that a seven year old would be ready for camp. It’s a very different environment full of challenging activities they’ve never tried, people they’ve never met, weird food and strange beds. And seven days is a long time. Even three days is too much for many kids that young. However, once in a while I’ve seen a seven year old thrive at camp. BUT that’s rare.

]]> By: Elaine http://american-family.org/2009/11/05/survey/comment-page-1/#comment-130900 Elaine Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:58:20 +0000 http://american-family.org/?p=2420#comment-130900 I vote no. I spent many summers as a camp counselor. The youngest kids we had were 8 year olds and that was for what we called "Mini-Camp" of, I think, 3 days. That was always the worst week of camp. One kid would get homesick and start crying and then the whole damn cabin would be in tears and shrieks, even the kids who were happy to be there. And the regression peeing in their sleeping bags. Yikes. But hey, maybe your kid is more grown up than these were. I vote no. I spent many summers as a camp counselor. The youngest kids we had were 8 year olds and that was for what we called “Mini-Camp” of, I think, 3 days. That was always the worst week of camp. One kid would get homesick and start crying and then the whole damn cabin would be in tears and shrieks, even the kids who were happy to be there. And the regression peeing in their sleeping bags. Yikes. But hey, maybe your kid is more grown up than these were.

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