Transition home from camp can be difficult for some campers. During their summer at Watitoh, your camper(s) have learned exciting new skills, built amazing friendships, created wonderful memories and stepped outside of their comfort zone to try new things. They are all standing a little taller, both in height and confidence, and displaying an incredible amount of growth. They will be happy to be home, in the comfort of their own rooms, with their parents, siblings, pets, and extended family. At the same time, they will be conflicted with missing camp, their counselors, friends, and the overall environment they have been living in for many weeks. All of this makes sense and is to be expected. The biggest challenge that campers and parents face is balancing the happiness of being at home and the sadness of being away from camp.
Click HERE for some words of advice written by one of our camp parents, Caroline Tell, a content marketing leader and editorial strategist, about the transition home from camp.
Enjoy those first embraces, listen to their stories, monitor technology time since they have survived without it for months, give them space, let them sing, and give yourself some of the credit for giving them this beautiful gift of camp.
We are so grateful for having the opportunity to spend our summer with each and every one of our campers and staff and we thank you for choosing us to share in this chapter in their lives. We look forward to seeing all of you over the winter and being in touch throughout the year!
