breezilla M.

Review of Camp Muskoka

If your child is shy and/or introverted and/or has...

If your child is shy and/or introverted and/or has a special diet, this is probably not the best camp for your child. My 10 year old daughter who is shy and vegetarian did not have a great time. Kids with special diets have to go get their meals in the kitchen (as opposed to the buffet). The problem was that kitchen staff were often too busy to notice my daughter was there to get her meal. This was very stressful to my child. So she subsisted on a green salad for at least half the week. Not one camp counselor noticed this. The response by the camp to my complaint was also less than stellar.

Another thing I didn't like was the fact the camp counselors didn't do very much to get the shy kids engaged with other kids. For the first few days, it seemed like my daughter was really lonely. She figured it out but she shouldn't have had to do that--the camp should have had tons of ice breaker games at the beginning to get the kids warmed to each other. I would say that the camp counselors are not equipped to deal with shy kids.