Reply To: Ten Things Your Child's Counselor Wishes You Knew

Thanks, ayshoshee, for adding stuff!

apushatayid: Those of us watching little kids are not there to be on vacation. Take that from me. It is NOT vacation, but it still can be (and often is) FUN. And if you ask me, that’s the difference between a good counselor and a great counselor— whether or not they’re able to have fun.

ZeesKite: Look, we do our best, okay? We neither set the rates nor receive that much of them, that’s for sure.

mommamia: Thanks for some understanding, relevant, GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT 🙂 points from the parent’s view! Understand that we try, and we unfortunately spend a decent portion of the day with out noses by the kids’ diapers, and we do 100% love your kids and we will do whatever we can for them, and if you want to know anything at all, JUST ASK US. Thanks!

Just a few more rules for the road:

1) Send in your own sunscreen and make sure it’s the type your kid likes and that it’s full at the beginning of camp. Last year, I bought my own sunscreen for all the kids whose parents didn’t ever give them new bottles. Yes, that is where your tip money goes.

2) NO LELLI KELLIES!!! Or Converse!!!! These shoes are impossible to take off or put on. Just use common sense when buying your kids stuff. You might have time to wiggle each shoe on for one kid, but we gotta do that for fifteen kids.

3) This is camp. Stuff gets dirty. Live with it. We are not able to prevent your kid from getting a teeny little mud stain on her shirt from having fun in the playground, and honestly, if it means your kid won’t have fun, we don’t want to try. (We’d do it if you wanted it, but it would break our hearts.)