Normally when people think of summer camp among other things they think of cutting yourselves with a knife, stepping on a glass bottle in the sand, burning themselves while roasting marshmallows, tripping over a rock and scraping their knee. Although children get injured all the time, a child is less likely to get injured at summer camp than if they didn’t go to summer camp. Regularly children run around, get dirty and end up stubbing their toe or getting hurt daily, but statistics show children are less likely to get injured at summer camp.
The number of injuries of children playing on the playground and those of children playing sports surpass those of children at summer camp. The statistics of children injuring themselves prove this, its safer for a kid to be at camp, except for if a child is at a camp that lasts longer than 2 weeks. Children at summer camp for longer than 2 weeks are more likely to get injured than those playing sports or swinging at the swings on the playground.
This is very interesting who would of thought summer camp was a better plastic bubble than being at home. Do you think this applies to everyone, Is this study accurate? If you believe it accurate why would a child be less likely to get hurt at summer camp?
The site with this information:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091208162829.htm
This is really interesting, something that has honestly never crossed my mind before. It does seem logical though that sending your child to a summer camp with possibly hundreds of other children would put them in more danger, but it seems that’s not the case. I wonder if you send your child to a few different two week sessions it would be okay, since howajan says “Children at summer camp for longer than 2 weeks are more likely to get injured than those playing sports or swinging at the swings on the playground.”
From the website, http://www.physorg.com/news179512999.html, says “While the overall risk of serious injury was low, long-term camp sessions, lasting 14 or more days, did present an increased risk of serious injury.”
So I say, if you’re going to send your child to summer camp, make sure it’s only two weeks long and if you are worried about sending them for another two week session, have a friend send their child and see how it works out..