Summer Camps
I was on my way to work today when Vasanthi from Radio City put out a topic on air today asking for people to express their opinions. The topic was - "Summer Camps" should we really be sending our children to one of these?
This reminded me of this article in The Hindu that  I read yesterday and I messaged Vasanthi saying I couldn't help but agree with that article which was titled 'The right to do nothing' and she put me on air. There was another person on air with me who said thet summer camps were a very good thing for children as they helped the children interact and socialize. Vasanthi asked people if they really agreed with my opinion and there was another person who said he didn't agree with my view and summer camps were a good thing and said it helps develop the overall personality of the child and everything.
I do agree with them and I didn't mean children must not be sent to summer camps or that summer camps are bad or that the children don't benefit from them. My views were basically exactly what the article talked about. Which are,

Children have the right to hang around and do nothing during their summer holidays. This obviously doesn't mean that children must hang around and do nothign all the time. But it means it is perfectly normal for them to do that sometimes particularly during their summer vacation. As Vasanthi put it, "Well that is was most of us did when we grew up and we didn't end up being very bad citizens....did we?".

The child must go to a summer camp only if he or she is totally excited about it and really wants to be a part of it. They must really enjoy it and must not look at it as another burden. They must not be sent just because every other child in the neighbourhood goes to one or just because the parents can't handle them at home.

There are also these summer camps that are run by people to just make some money and it doesn't really add much value to the child.