Sending Kids to Camp
The best memories I have from my childhood are from sleep-away summer camp. Sure I grew up on a block with lots of kids. Sure we played sports every day and rode our bikes to the pond and to the pizza and ice cream shops in the neighborhood. But the really good times, the childhood adventures that most stick with me, the memories that are firmly and forever embedded in my mind are the ones from camp. The friends from camp. The first girlfriend, the canoe trip and overnight. The goal I scored in the intercamp soccer game. Flying wedgies and late night raids. Freedom from parents!!!! These are the things that are summer camp. These are the things that go into making our children's childhood memories. I have three boys of my own and the two things I wish for them more than anything else is that they be happy and independent. I believe going away to camp for a month or two every summer goes a long way towards meeting those goals.