Get Started

I'll show you how.
 

Find Advice

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in. ~Andrew Jackson

Let's Play Nice

We’re glad you’re here, and we want to know what you have to say. This is your community, but please remember that there are kids and great-aunts out here, too. Look out for each other. Whatever you post, make sure it helps, encourages, and gives back to the community. For details about our content policy, click here.

Get Advice

 
previous previous  |  all  |  next next

My daughter’s week of summer camp is already bought and paid for, but now she says she doesn’t want to go. What do I do?



reportReport

Rate Advice (4)

avatarMithra13
# of Thumbs Up Received (9)
Summer Learning and Camps # of Thumbs Up Received (3)		 Unfortunately we live in a world where children have been given too much of a say about what they will and won't do. Do you believe this is a good camp? Will she be safe and protected while she is there? Will some good come out of her staying at camp (other than you will have a week of "freedom")? :) If you answer yes, then I believe that you are the parent that gets to decide some of the things that will benefit your child. Let them help you pack what they want to take, offer them envelopes with stamps and your home address and send them on their way. They may hate you for it this year and you don't have them go next year, but they may love it and both of you will have a well deserved break from each other (yes, kids need a break from us parents too :) )

I hope that helps!
Was this helpful?    thumb up  |  thumb down
reportReport
avatarAnonymous If she doesn't want to go don't let her go. She will just end up being miserable the whole time. She probably doesn't want to go in the first place because she knows she's going to miss you!
Was this helpful?    thumb up  |  thumb down
reportReport
avatardoris
# of Thumbs Up Received (0)		 make her go because your the parent and she is the child and plus u paid already
Was this helpful?    thumb up  |  thumb down
reportReport
avatarLizInHolt
# of Thumbs Up Received (78)
Top 5 in: Career Training, Choosing College, Depression and Mental Health, Discipline, Families and Relationships, Health and Wellness, Home Learning and Field Trips, Learning Disabilities and Special Needs, Learning Styles, Manners and Values, Parenting Support, Parents and Schools, Safety, School Policy and Education Issues, Setting Goals and Getting Motivated, Study Skills and Academics, Transitions and Readiness, Students' Civil RightsTop 5 in 18 Topics		 I was in the same situation with my then going-into-7th grader. You'd have thought I was making her do the worst thing in the world - she cried, she moaned, she complained. Well, when I went to pick her up at the end of the week, I could barely pry her away from the new friends she'd made there, each of them having exchanged phone #s and addresses and vowing to be friends forever. She was too busy and having too much fun to even send me the pre-addressed postcards I'd included in her suitcase. Of course, this might not happen so dramatically with your daughter but most kids end up having a ball at summer camp and are glad they went.

It might be helpful to remind your daughter that going to camp was discussed and agreed to by her (if it was), and since it's been paid for, she is going.

If you can find someone her age who is also going, or someone who went last year, connect them so that she can hear from another kid that it's going to be fun.

Good luck!
Was this helpful?    thumb up  |  thumb down
reportReport

EduGuide does not evaluate or guarantee the accuracy of any EduGuide Advice content. Click here for the Full Disclaimer. Help us improve EduGude Advice. Tell us what you think.

McAfee Secure sites help keep you safe from identity theft, credit card fraud, spyware, spam, viruses and online scams
Parents |  Students |  Professionals |  Our Cause |  Site Map |  Contact Us
Website Development by Web Ascender
Privacy Policy |  Terms of Use | © 2008 EduGuide