Everyone else's parents just sign the form. You're standing in the kitchen running the whole thing in your head. The unfamiliar place. No routine. The sleep. The medication. Three days of being switched on from morning to night with nowhere to hide and no break.

And underneath all of it, the real question. Will they cope, and can I actually send them?

If that's you, you're not being dramatic and your child isn't fragile. Camp is genu...