4:w&.;.&seNiz.

The ride home was quiet, I re-
member, all of us spent with
emotion. I felt guilty and em-
barrassed, yet enormously re-
lieved. And that was it for camp
for the rest of my childhood.
Many years later, I found out
that when my wife was 10, she
had a similar experience her
first summer away from home,
but with a different resolution.
She was miserable, too, spend-
ing much of the time in the in-
firmary with an undiagnosed
case of hay fever. When her par-
ents came up on Visitors Day,
she pleaded with them to take
her home. They were torn, but
decided not to give in.
"I remember driving off, and
seeing her running after the
car," her father told me years
later. "She was crying, and I was
crying, but I kept going."
She ended up enjoying the
rest of the summer and went
back to camp year after year.
Does that mean her parents
were right to leave her behind
and mine were wrong for hav-
ing pity on me and letting me
come home? Not at all. Each in

Too often we don't
appreciate all our
mothers and fathers
went through until
we find ourselves,
years later, in their
shoes.

their own way was trying to do
what they felt would be best for
their child. And every day, in a
million ways, parents have to
make those tough calls, based
on knowledge, compassion, in-
stinct and mazel.
Too often we don't appreciate
all our mothers and fathers
went through until we find our-
selves, years later, in their
shoes.
These thoughts came to mind
at the outset of a new camp sea-
son as my wife and I sent two of
our children off for the summer,
one as a counselor and the oth-
er as a camper.
We are firm believers in the
value of summers spent at Jew-
ish camps that combine learn-
ing, observance and love of Zion
with traditional camping activ-
ities. As much as Jewish day
schools do to instill knowledge
and faith in children, they can-
not offer the kind of 24-hour
Jewish environment for up to
eight weeks that camps can.
Fortunately, our three children
have responded positively to
`,= these experiences, taking after
my wife more than me.
And so far, none of them has
come home engaged. El

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