We want, but does he want?
Therefore, when my son turned 7 years old andahead loomed 3 months of summer vacation, on the family council we decided to try. The camp was chosen near the house, but outside the city. The change was connected with computers, and the program promised to be saturated. Fresh air, sun, river, games with peers, competitions, discos, what could be better for a child in the summer! But that's what we thought only, and not our son. We gave him the floor that if he lasts a week, and then asks for his take-off on the parent's day, we will definitely do it.
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Parents are scarier than children
They gave him an old phone, collected a full bagthings for every day - just shoot in the evening and put it in a separate package. Given tasty food and instructions, how to behave with children and educators. Of course, I did not slip from the phone, worried about it very much. Experienced mothers said that it was better not to call them there, not to disturb them. I did so, called the counselor and tutors. Eating? Goes to the river? Not sick? Clothes change? In the games involved? Friends have? For 4 days the son did not call us even once. When the mother's heart was very yearning, I had to ask the tutor to give him a pipe: - Why do not you call us? How are you? "" There's no time. From morning till night everything is painted. Will you come? "" Yes. Do you like it? "" Yes. You just come.
"Oh, you dirty, unwashed pig!"
The parental day has come. Imagine my surprise when my son came to the meeting in the same clothes as he was leaving the house. "Did not you change your shirts, shorts, socks?" "I did not find them." "How?" I put everything in a separate package for every day. "" Where? "" In the bag. "And I put it away in the closet, as it was on the day of my arrival, but I did not get it, only took a towel." "And candies, cookies in a bag?" They melted away there. "We were immediately taken away." Well, we went home? We could not refuse this request, because our child looked like a dirty imp. Then I realized for the first time what the expression "stand socks" means. We washed our houses, washed our clothes, dressed them in clean clothes, allowed us to watch cartoons all day and not do anything.
"I like it, but I still want to go home"
A photo: Getty Images He did not want to return, but we, having forgotten about this promise, nevertheless persuaded him. About the camp the son did not tell. He was silent all the time. And only when we went back, he said that he has a good friend there, they go to discos together and participate in scenes, that a scientific laboratory came to them, and they did experiments and conducted experiments, there were cheerful birthdays and swimming competitions . So flew three weeks, the son stayed in the camp until the closing of the shift. I brought a lot of letters, photos and a lot of memories. But every time we came to visit him, the story repeated: he was dirty, disheveled and with a single desire to go home.
Children's camp is important!
For a year we all met himfriends from the camp: they greeted him everywhere-in transport, at a store, at someone else's school, at a cafe, at bus stops, in parks and even in other parts of the city. "How do you know so many people?" - First time I was surprised .- Mom, you forgot? I was in the camp, "he answered proudly. Friends at that time reproached me that I had sent such a small child so far from home. But I do not regret it. He became more independent, more responsible, learned to take responsibility for his words and say "no." Of course, it was possible to conduct this experiment for a few years later, but you should never compare your child to others. While taking the decision to send your child to the camp, always take into account his individual characteristics so that this experiment brings to the development of your child the pros, not the minuses .
