So, I have a question for you today.<\/p>\n
If your child signed up for a week long day camp and after one day decided that he or she really didn’t want to go back, would you make them?<\/p>\n
Jeremy went to the first day of a day camp and after the chaos of day one was finished….he came home and said that he didn’t want to go back. It was too loud and too busy and there was too much of “everything”. He even complained about there being too much sugar in the snacks.<\/p>\n
I actually wondered if he was sick!<\/p>\n
I talked to him about going back and explained that he needed to make a decision and that he couldn’t just flip flop and go one day and not go the next, but that he needed to make a choice. It would be a fun week at the camp and that if he decided to not go then he couldn’t just go when he heard his sister’s talking about how much fun they were having.<\/p>\n
He thought about it for a while and then decided to not go.<\/p>\n
I know that I could have forced him to go. I could have manipulated him into thinking that it would be so much fun and talking him into wanting to go, but I let him make the choice. Honestly, I believe that he made a very good choice.<\/p>\n
It is a loud noisy situation and he is an extremely sensitive kid and doesn’t do well in chaos. He can feed off the nervous energy and end up making choices that get him into trouble. As much as I would have liked him to go and he could have had fun and made some good memories – it’s possible that he could have gotten into trouble and had a horrible time.<\/p>\n
I remember feeling like if I started something that I “HAD” to finish it or else I was quitting or giving up. I don’t want to teach my kids that its okay to just quit everything that might be hard or difficult or that it’s okay to just give up when something is awkward or uncomfortable, BUT….I do want my kids to know that they have choices. <\/p>\n
I want them to grow up knowing who they are and how to make good choices that affect them positively. I want them to make choices and consider the consequences. I want them to know that if they make a choice (or find themselves in a situation) and it’s not a good one for them – that they can make another choice that will positively affect them or help them.<\/p>\n
Would you consider this quitting or giving up or making choices and what would have you done?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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