Weird Thing #15 Take the Grand Tour of Summer Camps

Once upon a time, the grand tour was reserved for trips to Europe or a serious look at colleges. But today, the whole family piles in the minivan to visit a half dozen summer camps for their elementary age children. Isn’t it weird to put this much emphasis on summer camp? And isn’t it even weirder to give the kid so much power over the decision? And yet, so many moms do it! We’ve all been sucked into the vortex of hyper parenting. We’d like to propose that one person in every neighborhood be the designated camp researcher and just tell the rest of us what to do.