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Over 11,000,000 children and adults will participate in camp this year.
Overall, the numbers continue to grow, and this popular movement testifies
so loudly to the extraordinary benefits that camp provides to our young
people - responsibility, exploration and engagement.
How to Decide When Your Child Is Ready for Camp
Children are ready for new experiences at different stages. Parents know
their children best and these questions can help gauge whether this is the
summer your child will start camp.
- What is your child's age? Children under age seven may not adjust
easily to being away from home. Consider the day camp experience to
prepare them for future overnight camp.
- How did your child become interested in camp?
- Does your child talk about camp on a sustained basis? How much persuasion
is necessary from you?
- Has your child had positive overnight experiences away from home?
Visiting relatives or friends? Were these separations easy or difficult?
- What does your child expect to do at camp? Learning about the camp
experience ahead of time allows you to, create positive expectations.
- Are you able to share consistent and- positive messages about camp?
Your confidence in a positive experience will be contagious.
Benefits of Camp Far Away
- More choices
- Different experiences, different geography, e.g., mountains or oceans,
different languages
- Promotes independence, particularly for early and late adolescent
campers
- Diversity of campers
- Chance for family to visit and vacation at close of camp
When you make the decision to choose camp
you open up a world of discovery and learning for your child, a world that
values children for who they are and who they will become. Camp gives each
child a world of good.
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