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Looking for Summer Camps!
Asked by R.P. from New York
on March 16, 2008
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Hi Moms,
my time is running out. I'm looking for summer camps for my 12 year old son. Every year I let him go down South with my parents, but he only sit in the h...
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- My kids go to Nabby Day Camp in Mohegan Lake, NY. THey love it!
- Hi R., I had the same request back in January. Another mom told me about www.acacamps.org It's a national organization of accredited camps. You will find a camp s...
- I'm not sure if you're looking for day camps or sleep-away camps, but I would recommend Frost Valley YMCA camp (sleep-away) in the Catskills. I went there as a child ...
Looking for Good Summer Day Camps for 6 Year Old
Asked by K.C. from Sacramento
on March 25, 2008
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I am trying to figure out what to do with my daughter over the summer. I work full time, and would like her to be able to have fun. Her school offers a program, but ...
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- Try your local City or County department of parks and recreation. They used to have a daycamp program called "Kid's Club", but that was about 10 years ago or so. It'...
- not sure where you live. Cordova Parks and Rec has a daycamp that runs the full day 9 to 4 and has extended hours for working parents. they separtate the kids by gro...
- I'd try the YMCA downtown they have alot of summer programs I'ts A great family place
Mother's Mixed Bag of Emotions over Sleepover Camps and Even Semi Local Day Camp
Asked by M.M. from Chicago
on April 20, 2010
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Let me just begin by saying that I am a strong supporter of Girl Scouts. I was a long time GS as a child and now my (oldest) 8 year old has been in scouts for 2 years...
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- My daughter is in 3rd grade and just turned 9. She went to our local GS day camp last year for the first time and she LOVED it. We know about 6 other girls who went t...
- It depends on your daughter and on the circumstances. If it is a safe overnight, and she is ready to be away from you, send her. Day camp is certainly not something ...
- I understand your nervousness...... that is normal for moms. We want to be there with our children all the time but in order for them to grow up independently and we...
Summer
Asked by L.A. from Denver
on February 29, 2012
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What do you do with your kids during the summer? I recently went back to work, after being a stay at home mom for 9 years. I am only working part time. I am trying ...
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- Is there a Boy's & Girl's Club you can take them to? They only charge before a certain time at the one 2 of my grandkids attend when they're not with me so part-time ...
- Since you are working part time, can you find a mom with kids who might swap with you? I used to do this with a friend, she had my child one day a week, I had hers onc...
- I used to use a college girl who came and took care of my kids part time. It was awesome! She would take them to the zoo, park, museum, ice cream, swimming, etc. Then ...
Seeing Views on Sending School-age Children to Overnight Summer Camp
Asked by C.S. from Detroit
on June 10, 2009
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My husband and I are considering sending our older two boys (ages 8-1/2 and 10-1/2) to summer sleep-away camp this summer. Both my husband and I went to camp when we ...
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- I loved overnight camp as a kid too (but I was in 6th grade)... though I'm not familiar with the camp(s) you've researched/experienced... I can say this: I do have exp...
- I totally think you should send your boys to camp! Being a summer camp kid, (we actually still are!!) as well I deeply know the benefits and strengths of camp! I under...
- I started going to camp when I was 7 years old and absolutely loved it - I lived at summer camp for a good 8 years or so. (My mom worked for the camping program so I g...
Prompted by Patricia Allbee's "In Defense of Summer Camp" Article of Today
Asked by N.M. from Los Angeles
on August 3, 2011
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I keep getting an error message when I try to leave my comment, so I decided to throw it to the forum. It will be interesting to hear what other mamas have to say, par...
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- I too live off of a busy street so I always worrry. But, really we just started letting our 10 year old daughter (11 in Jan) go to friends houses that are in the neig...
- Depends on the child and their maturity. I grew up in queens, NY, and took the subway by myself at 11 y.o. We were allowed to go to the local park, and walked to schoo...
- You should look into summer camp scholarship programs. Years ago, my niece went to a sleep-away camp through our local Y and it was quite inexpensive due to my brothe...
Asking for Ideas for Package to Child at Camp.
Asked by D.C. from San Antonio
on July 24, 2008
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My son is going off to sleep-away camp for the first time. He is almost 10 and going with a friend. I want to send a special package and I need ideas! No food, cand...
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- I'm not sure about what you could make for him... Most of my ideas have to do with how he might be able to be social and make friends. Disposable cameras Mad lib ...
- Mad Libs, a small photo album with a few pics of his family and friends, a book or two of 'scary' stories like Goosebumps, prestamped/addressed post cards so he can wr...
- hi D.. you could get a pillow case ans some stencils and personalize it for him ,you can get the stuff at walmart target hobby lobby ,they will have the paints yo...
Summer Camp - One Item to Remember to Send?
Asked by L.K. from Dallas
on June 12, 2011
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I'm sending my 9 year old daughter off to sleepaway camp for the first time. She's going with a friend and is very excited. She's had tons of sleepovers, so I'm not t...
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- You are in Rockwall.. where is she going? My daughter went to Kickapoo outside of San Antonio and Sky Ranch in Van TX. Both times, I made sure she had mail at ...
- My son needed extra bug spray and sun screen for his first week away. Extra money to buy from the camp store. A good camera to take lots of pictures!!!
- YEAH!! as a long-time camper and a new (last year) camp mom kudos to you for sending your daughter to camp. Treasured memories and friends I still have to this day!! ...
Summer for a 12 and 10 Year Old - Leave Them Home Alone?
Asked by J.C. from New York
on January 30, 2012
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So my friend has 2 kids - a 12 year old girl and a 10 year old boy. As a family, they take two weeks off during the summer.
For the other 6 plus weeks, she plans...
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- My neighbors left their 15 & 17 year old girls for a long weekend. Responsible, good grades, church going nice girls. 3 day party, toilet upstairs broke, overflowe...
- We were home like this and I babysat 2 girls under 6 every day at 12 so I don't see the big issue. Although I was raised in Philly, so we all played outisde or in eac...
- I wouldn't do it. There's too much that could happen when parents are not at home. They could go to the Y or some other day camp to keep them busy (and running - I w...
How Much to Tip Summer Camp Counselors
Asked by K.A. from New York
on August 10, 2011
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My 4 year old is ending camp this week and I'm not sure how much to tip her 3 counselors. Any suggestions?
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- we usually give a thank you note and maybe some little goodie (cookie, etc.). We're picking up my DD2 from a week sleep-away camp on Saturday and I was thinking of ge...
- I had no idea camp counselors got tipped. So I googled this article and it has lots of good advice: http://www.parentdish.com/2010/06/25/summer-camp-and-tipping-wha...
- Depends on the camp. My kids' day camp actually has the b*lls to send home a letter every year with "recommended" tip amounts. They expect us to tip about 6 different ...
