Summer Camp 2.0

Apparently summer camp isn't what it used to be. My daughter went to day camp last week (for the first time!) and had a blast. Every day was chock-full of activities and the awesome field trips. Of course, it cost us an arm and a leg, but hey - she thoroughly enjoyed herself and so it was worth it for us.

The registration package before camp was my first clue that summer camp, and kids in general, have come a long way since I went to camp back in my day.

In the release forms that we had to fill out to register her for camp, there was an entire "Summer Code of Conduct" agreement that the older kids had to sign that contained this clause:

Campers will agree to the following Internet Social Network and Blogging Policies:

• Campers must be respectful in all communications, blogs and posting photgraph/videos when relating to Camp, its employees and other campers;
• Campers must not use blogs or personal Web sites to slander, harass, bully or intimidate other campers or employees  of the Camp...;
• Campers must not use blogs or personal Web sites to discuss engaging in conduct that is prohibited by Camp policies; and
• For safety reasons, please do not post Camp schedules or other campers personal information on the Internet.

Not only that, but my co-worker was telling me the other day that at the summer camp her daughter is attending this week, the daily schedule as a 30-minute time period built-in to the day for "DS Time."  A novel concept, allowing for a dedicated time for campers to pull out their DS' and game freely.

I'm not debating the right or wrong-ness of either of these camp practices - just raising the fact that they exist at all! I guess the days of s'mores and lanyard making are long gone. Unless of course, you're making your avatar do those things in DizzyWood.

An original DC Metro Moms post.  You can find Justice Fergie figuring out ways to stall buying her 5-year-old a DS on her personal blog, MamaLaw.