[emmiechang]

I'll take that as a compliment. I own a tech camp in 10 locations nationwide, and if you told an athletic kid he had to spend 8 hours/day 5 days a week in an air conditioned room staring at a screen, he'd think it's horrible. For all my tech-y kids that come to camp, the thought of playing soccer in the sun horrifies them! It's just funny, and bible camp doesnt sound too bad--i mean, it's not band camp or anything!

[cheneytsai]

As a former teacher at one of those camps, I can attest to having kids there who loved being there and learning. What kids end up doing in their summers should be a ongoing dialogue between the parent and their child, without any voice overpowering the other.

[JoeAltmaier]

The assumption that some kind of camp is needed. I say, camp can stifle the youth's initiative, as it provides a constant irrigation of the senses with no effort (other than the activity of course).

Spending weeks with your friends wandering, making up games, looking at the world and thinking - happens on lazy summer days, not at camp.