Wolf and GAW: How many children in your neighborhood are sitting home this summer , not going to either a day camp or sleepaway camp, with both parents working???
I have no idea, but that doesn’t affect the question I answered. I didn’t answer the question about whether or not to send a kid to camp. I answered the question of what do you say to the kid who sees his/her friends going to camp and asks why s/he can’t go too. I stand by my answer — at some point kids need to learn that some families are wealthier than others and can simply afford nicer/better things — including camps.
Whether or not kids should be sitting at home because their parents can’t afford camp is a different question which I did not address.
The Wolf