During summer holidays, the camps put up programs for children of all ages including teenagers and youth. In this places they interact and with other kids from other parts of the world. They learn many things including different cultures, games and languages from each other and from their couches/teachers that are there to guide and supervise them.
There are many advantages of taking children to these camps. Some of the advantages are: they learn many different cultures from the others who come from different states or continents, they learn different languages and also learn different things like how to take care of each other and themselves and they also get to know how to be responsible in life and to accommodate each other.
The kids also learn sporting activities like skipping, racing, javelin throwing, swimming, cycling which lead to some of them discovering some hidden talents. They learn how to eat healthy since they are on a balanced diet to keep them healthy while away from home. With the sports and eating right they became very strong health wise keeping away many sicknesses.
The other benefit is that they become more confident and social, that is they encourage each other on how to deal with setbacks or how to overcome some problems affecting them. Team building and exercise is another advantage. And lastly the children get a chance to reconnect and appreciate nature since they take a break from technology and get to experience outdoor activities. It is because of these advantages that many kids and teenagers look forward for the long summer camp holidays.
Although there are many advantages of kids attending the summer camps, they are not without any disadvantages. These are; allergies that occur because of the new foods that they are not used to, effect of the different weather conditions, homesick during the first days. Kids who are not used to sharing things find it hard doing so before they get used to it.
Others who are not used to sports find them difficult to do before they get used to them. There could be some cases of bullying. Some of the kids who have low self esteem take some time to open up. Some may find the place boring and they feel out of place since they are not used to being in a place with many other kids.
As much as we have seen the advantages and disadvantages of the summer camps, it is evident that the it is better for the kids to spend their time at the summer holiday camps to learn the many different things and the independence is very important because the youths are young adults and learning how to be independent is very important for them so take your kids to the camps.
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