Do not punish children by sending them to Artek

Written: 10 december 2012
Travel time: 21 june — 11 july 2012
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If you love your child and care about his normal physical and mental development, DO NOT send him to Artek. You pay only for the name and air. Before getting into the detachment, we waited for two whole hours for the medical examination to begin. A 14-year-old girl is losing consciousness (she came without her parents from Russia, it was very hot, there are no air conditioners or a fan in the building. We asked for a doctor and received an answer that the doctors were having lunch and they had no telephones. After our threats, a doctor appeared and said, that this is not her child, since the girl was from "Azure"... It can't get worse! My son was 11 years old in the Morskoy camp July 2012, detachment 12. The food is bad, inedible, with hair and ants, a child returned as thin as a chip, only sneakers are allowed from shoes, slippers are not allowed, the air temperature in July is 30 degrees... , the uniform is washed once a week. There was no nurse with a first aid kit on the beach. When a child cut his leg in the sea on a broken bottle, he with a bloodied leg, they told me to go to the first-aid post, but it was closed there, there was no one, one nurse for the whole camp?
Every minute is scheduled with events, we rehearse all day, we perform in the evening, i. e. Children don't have free time. For boys who like sports games there is nothing to do there, in the camp there are mainly dances, songs, stage performances. They asked for a soccer ball, there is no ball in the camp and there is no time for games, as it is necessary to prepare for the performance. Counselors swear in front of children and on children, they can hit. Clarify the relationship with each other in the detachment. The counselor always washed in the boys' room, using their means, did not disdain to wash with someone else's washcloth. If your child cannot make a beautiful bed, he will receive a portion of insults in front of the whole squad. If your son at the age of 11 does not yet know what a porn magazine is and what to do with it, he will learn everything in Artek. A very expensive ticket does not guarantee a good contingent in the detachment. The theme of the shift "Film Festival" and the story of the ticket sales representative sounded great and interesting. In reality, the counselors forbade anyone to approach the actors. There was no communication with film actors at all. Film festival in "Marine" - watching the film "Scarlet Sails" and all. But until late at night, the children were "very interested" in watching the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Lesnoy. Like it or not, sit and watch. Tired of sitting in one position, ants bite, we want to sleep at 2 am - we sit and watch. The child began to ask to go home on the 6th day. We thought that for the first time, we would like it....the child is sociable, independent, not from a timid dozen, after all, this is "ARTEK", we thought. On the way home, listening to the child, my heart sank. When I finished the story, my son asked me never to remember "Artek" again. If you love your child, DO NOT PUNISH HIM WITH ARTEK. I regret that I didn't listen to my parents. I thought it was prejudice, the children were spoiled. There is nothing good in Artek!! ! Do not injure the psyche of your children!! !
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