People like resting and taking a break from their day to day activities and spending time with their families and friends. Children also look forward to taking these breaks to have fun and play with their friends. There are many activities lined up for the kids and are offered by Medford summer camps such as skiing, swimming, scrabble and various sporting activities. These activities are always put in place for the kids to enjoy themselves and also learn, they are always pocket friendly to the parents.

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.

Taking your children to the summer camp is very advantageous to both the parent and the kid but mostly very beneficial to the kids. The benefits are many like, interacting with other kids from different places. Having fun playing different games while learning as well. For the parents, they feel good knowing that their kids are in a safe place learning many things under the supervision of the skilled teachers.

Making new friends is another benefit they get since in the camps they are going to spend time and live with people they meet for the first time. Some of the teenagers/children get to discover their talents or what they are good at participating in the numerous activities held there.

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.

Accidents and bullying might occur and the camp directors might not be aware of it. The kids get to spend to less time with their family especially if they are from school and headed to four week camp then back to school. Some parents might find it difficult to let go or hand over the responsibility of their child or children to someone else.

It is seen that the advantages overweight the disadvantages and parents are being urged to take their children to camps. It is important for every kid to get to experience camping, for first time campers it is important for the parents and camp directors to guide them and let them know what to expect.