Should I make my daughter go to camp?

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My 12 year old daughter had many successful camp experiences but the last two have been bad - At summer camp she got homesick and the camp staff was anything but helpful (They lied to her and told her that they talked to me and I did not want to talk to her, they told her that I said she had to stick it out, they told her she needed to stop her crying, etc.). As a result, this fall when she went to a language camp she got so homesick that she had a "panic attack" and cried so hard that I drove several hours to pick her up (at the advice of the camp staff).
Now, her class is going to a week long wilderness camp (tomorrow). We had a meeting with her teacher and made a plan for her. She was really excited and confident until tonight. She is crying and SURE that she does not want to go. What to do??
 
ensure her everything will be okay. Does she have a cell phone? if so give it to her so she can call you when she needs to (turn it off any other time to save the battery.) In the case at summer camp she probably didn't have any close friends with her. If she has a lot of good friends with her she won't be as tempted to think about you.

i hope things work out
she'll have a great time if she decides to go!
 
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