My son left for overnight boyscout camp on Sunday, he will be back this Saturday. It is his first time going. He wanted to go for several years, I finally gave him the go ahead. I figured he will be 13 next month. Anyways, we drove him up on Sunday. Its about 65 miles from here, so not too terribly far. There were 11 boys going and 3 adults. All adults had cell phones. The Troop leader said he prefers no calls coming in, except for emergency. He said he doesnt let the kids call him , again except for emergency purposes. Although I know my son is having a blast at summer camp, I hate not talking to him ....its very hard for me not to have daily contact with him. I know in this case, no news is good news LOL.. We are going up on Friday night for family night, I am very excited about going.
Faith is so funny, of course the boyscout camp is surrounded by woods. Faith calls it the forest. She keeps telling me we have to go get her brother out of the forest LOL

Is it common at overnight camp not to have phonecalls??

By Karen~admin on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 - 11:54 am:

Yes, I believe it is. Letting go, even a little bit, is hard to do, but I'm sure he (and you! ) will be fine.

By Imamommyx4 on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 - 12:13 pm:

In the 5 years that my boys went to summer camp, the only time I ever heard from any of them was the year that middle ds fell and busted his chin and had to have stitches. And he didn't want the camp nurse to call and tell us because he was afraid that I'd go get him and bring him home (which is exactly what I wanted to do). He cried for her not to call us but she did. We talked on the phone to him with him begging us not to come. He wanted to stay so bad and was having a blast. Through much self-restraint I didn't go, but it was so hard. And when older ds found out about his little brother, he made the nurse let HIM call home so HE could make sure we knew little bro had been hurt. Now that was funny if you knew those two.

But we never got any letters or phone calls or anything else the rest of that week or any of the other years. I did call the nurse a couple of times that week to see how he was doing though.

It is so hard to let go. But they are well supervised. He will have a great time. (((HUGS))) to you anyway. I know how hard it is.

By Bobbie~moderatr on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 - 01:14 pm:

Our church camp doesn't allow phone calls in or out unless it is an emergency... It is their policy because they said if every kid wanted to call home they would spend the whole day in a line for the phone... They also aren't aloud to bring cell phones, which it doesn't really matter because they can't get reception where they are and they can't call out anyway... Every thing will be fine....

By Enchens on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 - 01:38 pm:

Nope, no cell phones when I went, eons ago. We did have an hour of down time every day in our cabins. We were able to read, take a nap, or write a letter. The landline phones were reserved for emergencies, and I'm sure, daily routine stuff for the staff when needed.

I'm sure he's having a great time.