“A Thing I Hate About Living In The US”: 30 Spot-On Tweets About Signing Kids Up For Summer Camp

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I never went to summer camp, didn't need to. I grew up in the country by a creek and plenty of woods to explore. We built forts in the woods and had a swimming pool my whole childhood. We were never bored in the summer. This was in the 70s/80s and we weren't glued to electronics. We biked everywhere and detasseld corn and walked bean fields for money. I'm glad I grew up where I did.

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Depends: do you want it to be a slow, painful death or instant? Do you want to have to dose his coffee every day to get the desired results or are you and "one and done" type of person? Do you want it to happen when he's a work so not your problem or at home where you'll have to do the clean up? ;)

My paternal grandparents (Dad's parents, for those who don't know what "paternal" means) ran a summer camp, so I got to spend the majority of my summers just being a general annoyance (without being an actual nuisance, which would have gotten me in trouble) and was typically able to attend the week for my actual age group for a significantly reduced price. And by "general annoyance", I mean that I'd be within sight of the campers (that were either older or younger than me) just doing my own thing and not interacting with them much, but close enough that I could overhear when they'd complain about "the kid playing over there being a distraction". It was always hilarious, cuz they always got told to let me be, cuz I was the granddaughter of the caretakers.

Sure, kill off your source of income...

Could've just said the first one.

Probably marginally better conditions too.

And that's why my daughter went to "camp grandma's house" over the summer

I guess my parents were lucky. The local Methodist church had a day camp over the summer and our Parks and Planning also held a camp. Most we had to pay was maybe $5 if we wanted to do an expensive craft, but usually just a dollar a day for crafts. If you just wanted to hang out, do nature hikes, and play games, it was free.

In the first US Summer camp I went to, most of what we did was going to amusement parks like Raging Waters, Universal studios, Disney, six flags etc and play tennis and golf...Guess this explained the cost lol. In France we would mostly go to public parks and free museums and watch some kids wrestle in the playground.

Last time I tried to sell organs there were so many questions. "Why are they in a bucket? Why are there 4 hands? Why is there a gallon of blood at the bottom?" Like, do you want them or not?!

At least you don’t have to purchase 8 different versions of the literal same thing to get the “full experience”…?

Except if you're brutally homesick and an outcast there.

"Cruel Summer"....having to parent the children that you insisted on having...sounds cruel to the children who have these types of parents. Don't breed if you can't comprehend having to spend time and energy on them.

In my home country it made sense when your parents are working during school holidays and cannot watch you, because it is cheaper than a baby-sitter.

I don't understand why so many people keep having kids when they expect teachers and camp counselors to do all the rearing.

January is when the summer camp spreadsheets come out and the Mom group text stream begins. And by March, all the camps are full.

It's almost like it's your responsibility as their parent to parent them.

How else are they going to get the experience that entry level jobs require

my camp was a rlly high quality hockey camp and i got there and someone in charge said “over three hundred girls tried getting into this camp, but yall did” and there was maybe fifty of us so yea my mom had that going for her

How are those comparable? No one who wasn't in district 1 (and maybe 2. It's been awhile) wanted their kids picked in the reaping

What parent believes that it's possible to "live in the moment"?

If it’s so stressful, don’t sign them up.

Pool? In summer camp, we had three walls, no power and an outhouse. Mess hall did sell candy though...

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Dispute charges, get refund, cancel summer camp, raise your own children for the summer, and key word let them be kids outside. Make them go outside for at least an hour or two every day.

my parents still do this and i still love it, they treat me and my sister and older cousin like adults

i dont understand any of this summer camp stuff i was raised on a farm we made our own entertainment all summer i raised 4 boys alone and never even heard of summer camp maybe it wasnt a thing when my boys were little i dont know but i wouldnt have sent them away anyhow