Sending Our Nine-Year-Old to Camp: A Parent's Reflection
By
Patrick Klepek
Summary
The author apologizes for missing the weekend newsletter, explaining they dropped their nine-year-old daughter off at camp for a week with no electronics. The only communication method is sending notes through an app that the camp prints and delivers during lunch. The daughter became interested in such camps after watching the movie Parent Trap and researching whether they actually exist. The author reflects on whether they would have been brave enough to be away from home for nearly a week at that age.
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bskySending Our Nine-Year-Old to Camp: A Parent's Reflectionremapradio.comKey quotes
· 5 pulledIt was a tough weekend, because on Sunday, we dropped our nine-year-old away at camp for the week.
No phones. No tablets. No watches.
The only way to communicate with her is by sending a note through an app, at which point the camp prints out the notes and hands them over during lunch.
She fell in love with the movie Parent Trap a year ago, and then started doing research on whether places like that actually existed.
I'm not sure I would have been brave enough to be away from home for nearly a week a
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