My child refuses to go to camp this summer?

Well, I gotta say, I'm on his side. I will NEVER understand the American mindset of "we must abandon our children every summer". Seriously?! Would it kill you to spend some time with him and get to know him? Do some activities together? Instead, it's "school breaks up, off you go, camp time, come back when it's time to go back to school". WTF?!

Why would you make him? Well, sounds like teenager stuff. Maybe you could compromise with him and ask him why he wouldn't want to go so maybe you could fix what he doesn't like, but if you keep pushing him, the more he is going to rebell. Just tell him ok, you don't have to go and then when he calms down, try to figure out what he doesn't like about it the next day. You can't force someone to go but some kind of reverse psychology may work if he despises yall for forcing him, maybe if you kind of act like you could careless he'd change his mind.

Well you shouldnt make him go to the camp he hates, of there is a reason he needs to leave (if you are going on a work trip or something like that) mabey look into some other camps to go to! Or let him go to a close friends house :) hope this helped some

If your child is telling you that he doesnt like this camp and doesnt want to go then WHY IN THE HELL WOULD YOU TRY TO FORCE HIM TO GO? you are going to make him resent you. How would you have felt if you were in his shoes and your parents tried to force you? Its not a matter of spanking him because he wont go- its not a matter of taking his crap away- its a matter of using the brain god supposedly gave you and listen for crying in the night. You dont need to fight- your the parent- but for crying in the night dont force your child to go to this camp if he doenst want to. Use common sense- talk to him-ask why he doesnt want to go and come up with a solution (and the solution is NOT to force him to go).Theres other forms of safe recretion your son can go get involved in over the summer--all you need to do is research it. WHY would you "take"away everything thats horrible and too extreme. your only causing MORE problems in the long run. You sound like YOUR The one who is 13 not your son

Try to find something else he'd be interested in doing. If he really doesn't like it that much, you're wasting time and money trying to convince him to go. Maybe he'd like to take a karate or bmx class/camp instead. Try compromising. Perhaps he'll be more interested in going to a specialized camp for something he really likes to do.

I don't know why he needs to go. There are a lot of kids who don't want to go and it's normal. I don't see the point of making go when he absolutely hates it. So... don't make him.

Be in control and not let him being in control.

hmm, there isn't much use in fighting a 13 year old. if he runs away you can just get the cops going after him. he's completely refusing, what you would say is im the adult you are the child, i control you until you are 18. good luck may all of these concerns you listed in the question work themselves out.

Your parenting comes into question at a very deep basis that this is more than likely a troll.