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Sleep-away camp can be one of the best experiences of childhood. Camp songs, color wars, bonfires, kid food, picture perfect days and nights.
If your kids are away at camp, you're either clicking your heels with joy or curled up in your son's bed smelling his pillow, wondering if you're looking at the same moon that he is that night. (The latter, by the way, was me, the first night my son ever went to sleep-away camp. I was a pathetic mess on day one, but as the letters rolled in, and I could see photos of him on the camp website - gotta love modern technology - I was grinning as much as he was).
Staying in touch, though, can be challenging, especially since many kids aren't great letter writers. "Hi Mom. Camp is good. Send money." And, we're so wired with instant communication, it can be frustrating during the daily sprint to the mailbox, hoping for a word, any word, to confirm that our kids are happy. I'm lucky that my son's personality really comes through,...
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