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I went there - so here is another view
Old post, but just saw it, so I thought I would reply. I get both sides. One, Camp Kodiak was a great place to be - because there wasn't the bullying, social stratifying, put downs that a lot of us have experienced. It was complete fun, were you just connected with others. Some of which I have stayed in contact with for almost ten years. Having kids would change that balanced would have very much changed that experience for the worse.
On the other hand - if a kid had issues in the past, they have been worked on and moved past, and their parent was truly just "too" honest, I can understand that. I have ADD, but there was a time in life that I got super depressed, and was even suicidal. I went to camp when I was a later teen, and that dark time had been years before - but of course my mom, being concerned for me mentioned it "just in case" they needed to know. I was barred from camp. I had a really great psychiatrist at the time that I had been seeing for a while. My mom told him about this, he called up the camp, and yay! I got to go. I think my mom had tried to convince them - but any mom who cared for her kid and wanted the best for them, even if that kid was "violent" - would argue too. I think situations where emotion rules family and friends of those affected with any disorder is when you need to reach out to a support network who can both provide a "bigger view" and have "inherent credibility" - often Doctors, social works, and therapists. The acquiring of a "support network" is a whole nother story and I won't go there.
So I guess if your son fell into the second category of the "too honest mom" - that really stinks. On the other hand, he is a kid who does have some defiant or oppositional issues, Camp Kodiak probably wouldn't have been a good fit for anyone including your son. I think if the later is true, you move forward determined to find something that does fit. Good luck, your son is lucky to have a mom who cares!
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