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Let me tell you about the girl who went to Bike camp without her Bike...May 08 '01 Write an essay on this topic.The Bottom Line Read the materials, listen to your child, and make sure they have fun! Last summer and the summer before, I worked at several different types of camps. One of these was a Bicycle Camp. 1) Bring what the list the camp sends you tells you to bring. Yes, a year ago while working at bike camp, a child showed up to camp without her bike, expecting us to provide one for her. When we questioned her parents about reading the material send home, they gave us some excuse about not thinking it was an important document. This child was also missing many other things that the camp required, and the parents had to make the unnecessary trip back home to gather up these things. We don't send out those lists cause we think it’s amusing; we really need your child to have that equipment. 2) Make sure your child is physically prepared to attend the camp. I don't mean the trip to the doctors for the physical, but can they actually handle it? Last summer, we had a severely asthmatic girl who admitted to us she was grossly out of shape and didn't really ride all that much. She spent the week at the back of the riding pack as we rode our 25+ mile trips a day. Yes, over the course of the week, she did improve, and I was extremely proud of her for it, but her peers weren't as nice. 3) Be sure that its what your CHILD wants to do. Yes, I’m talking about those of you who live vicariously through your children. Does Suzie really want to go to field hockey camp? Does Billy think that hours a day at swim team camp is a fun way to spend the summer? Does Malik jump for joy over the fact that he’s going to baseball camp for July? Please, communicate with your child and find out if its what they really want to do and not something they are going to do to please you. It’ll save them a lot of frustration, and make their summer a thousand times more pleasant.  |
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