Comments on: Are Summer Camps Necessary? http://www.parenting-blog.net/holidays/are-summer-camps-necessary/ ...best job in the world Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:28:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: British Children Losing Touch With Nature at English Blog http://www.parenting-blog.net/holidays/are-summer-camps-necessary/comment-page-1/#comment-5864 British Children Losing Touch With Nature at English Blog Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:16:21 +0000 http://www.parenting-blog.net/holidays/are-summer-camps-necessary/#comment-5864 [...] The same thing is happening in the United Kingdom. In fact, this has come to the attention of some premier publications. The Guardian, for one, has an article about this: Recent studies confirm that we run the very real risk of bringing up a generation of children who simply have no understanding of - or connection with - the natural world. [...] [...] The same thing is happening in the United Kingdom. In fact, this has come to the attention of some premier publications. The Guardian, for one, has an article about this: Recent studies confirm that we run the very real risk of bringing up a generation of children who simply have no understanding of – or connection with – the natural world. [...]

]]> By: Lara http://www.parenting-blog.net/holidays/are-summer-camps-necessary/comment-page-1/#comment-5481 Lara Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:28:50 +0000 http://www.parenting-blog.net/holidays/are-summer-camps-necessary/#comment-5481 Makes sense, Annie. Do you send your kids to summer camp? Makes sense, Annie. Do you send your kids to summer camp?

]]> By: Annie http://www.parenting-blog.net/holidays/are-summer-camps-necessary/comment-page-1/#comment-5474 Annie Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:27:50 +0000 http://www.parenting-blog.net/holidays/are-summer-camps-necessary/#comment-5474 My understanding is that they exist primarily because the parents do not get 2 months off in the summer just because the kids do. So working parents need somewhere to send their kids to while they are at work. In the case of stay-at-home parents sending their kids to camp, I don't fully understand the rationale either unless their child has a special interest and goes to a special camp for a few weeks to pursue that (e.g. space camp, soccer camp, violin camp). My understanding is that they exist primarily because the parents do not get 2 months off in the summer just because the kids do. So working parents need somewhere to send their kids to while they are at work.

In the case of stay-at-home parents sending their kids to camp, I don’t fully understand the rationale either unless their child has a special interest and goes to a special camp for a few weeks to pursue that (e.g. space camp, soccer camp, violin camp).

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