Summer camp was often the place where kids first learned some independence. A week without mom or dad, and just some older kids trying to tell you what to do. You got to learn about homesickness, about being away from the safety net of your bedroom, about hanging out with new friends, and occasionally about the opposite sex.
The idea wasn’t to send kids off to a monitored environment, it was to send kids to a safe environment.
This is exactly the wrong thing to look for in a summer camp.
