But not if you put Parent Soup to work for you. In order to aid your summer camp quest, Parent Soup is joining forces with Don Frost, author of Frost s Summer Camp Guides, to give parents the opportunity to search an online database of day and overnight camps across the country or to request a free customized recommendation of camps. Combined with the collective wisdom of the parents of Parent Soup who ve sent their kids to camp and have tips to share, you re practically assured of finding the perfect summer camp. The Benefits of Camp I think the right summer camp can be a huge ego booster and confidence builder for kids. I believe that camp's not a place for rush, rush, achieve, stress, compete.
Most kids can do that by walking out their front door.
It's a place to try eating pine pitch and watching clouds and making an idiot of yourself in a cabin skit. Talking to your child about how he feels is important. Just making the decision to send the child to camp and announcing it to him is bound to blow up in your face. If the child says he isn't ready, respect that and wait another year. It's true that some kids are fearful because they don't know what to expect, so plan to visit a prospective camp before the final decision is made.