Working parents continue to grapple with persisting economic pressures. But they now face a new financial burden as summer inches closer: camp payments.
Summer camp has become one of the latest burdens facing parents as the summer nears. Not only are camps filling up at a quick clip, they're costing families more than ever. Some working families, facing no other day care options, are shelling out hundreds if not thousands at a time for such camps at a time when they are already battling the high cost of everyday expenses.
Every flat-fee camp then is like, 'Oh, and then it's another $65 for supplies, it's going to be another $15 a week to have an ice cream," she said, adding that she gets hit with these extra fees for her son's camp as well as her 4-year-old daughter's day care and camp. "I'm like, we're not going on a vacation in summer… it's not happening because all of our extra money is going to this camp," she said.
Kivilcim Stasik, another New Jersey mother, told FOX Business that she had to decide in January if she was signing her 8-year-old daughter up for Girl Scout camp. It's not only expensive, but the process itself is "rip your hair out, stressful," she said. Within 15 to 20 minutes of camp registration opening "all those spots are gone," she said. In addition to the cost of camp, Stasik said she has to shell out more for a babysitter or additional aftercare every day.
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