When I was growing up, all my gal pals signed up for sleep-away camp (my mom’s idea of camp was daily trips to the beach and, if it rained, the library). I could never count on my friends to write to me during the summer; they were probably too busy making macrame potholders and learning how to cannonball correctly, anyway. When it comes to communicating, today’s kids, of course, have it much easier; with a few simple clicks, they can fire off a text and a photo of how they’ve decorated their bunk faster than they can write “Wish you were here.” Still, it’s always nice to receive a piece of “real” mail every now and then, and a new stationery line from oh my word makes it practically effortless. Their set of camp cards features simply put, witty rhetoric in 3 varieties:
–the fun things I could be doing right now instead of writing home
–things I think you would want to hear in a letter from camp
–things I’m not doing at camp because you’re not here to make me
Each collection includes insightful, check-box replies for your little darling to complete…how utterly convenient. Now he can get back to more important things…like short-sheeting his counselor’s bed.
In a Nutshell: Think your kid is feeling, shall we say, “coerced” into keeping in touch? Spare him the agony of letter writing and tuck a box of these notecards in his trunk. Don’t forget the stamps.
