Camp Sticker Shock Is Real But Luckily You’ve Got Options

Summer: the season of s’mores, sunscreen, and scheduling gymnastics.

You’ve survived the school year—congrats, by the way—but now you’re staring down the next two months asking, How many camps can one kid possibly need? And how many second mortgages can I take out to pay for them?

Spoiler alert: The average day camp can range from $50 to $500 per week, while overnight camps can cost between $1,000 to $2,000 or more per week. Yikes. Add in early drop-off, late pickup, snacks, and "mandatory" tie-dye T-shirts, and you might be wondering why you didn’t just book a European vacation instead.

The Hidden Truth About Camps

Let’s break down what actually happens:

• That “full day” camp? Ends at 2:30.
• That “specialty” camp? Costs more than your gym membership.
• That “STEM experience”? Mostly pipe cleaners and a video about volcanoes.

And if you’re lucky enough to get a spot (which you signed up for in February, because that’s the new norm), you're now tasked with filling the cracks between drop-offs, pickups, and figuring out how to clone yourself to be in two places at once.

Here’s Where Mentmii Comes In

What if, instead of dropping hundreds (or thousands) on camps with gaps, you built your own?

Mentmii lets you create a custom week of summer skill-building—on your schedule and your budget.

✅ STEM Mondays: Book the Robotics Club captain for coding games or science experiments.
✅ Sports Tuesdays: Get the varsity soccer player to run drills at the park.
✅ Music Wednesdays: Have your kid learn clarinet from a first-chair high schooler (who, bonus, actually wants to be there).
✅ Art Thursdays, Drama Fridays, You-Time Saturdays: You get the idea.

Need morning coverage before camp starts? We’ve got you.
Need late afternoon help when camp ends early (again)? Still got you.

It’s your summer, your schedule, your village. And best of all—it’s affordable. Because Mentmii doesn’t believe summer enrichment should come with a panic attack every Sunday night when you check your bank account.

The Mentmii Summer Hack: Real Skills, Real Mentors, Real Sanity

We connect you with local, trusted high schoolers who teach, coach, play, and mentor your younger kids in the stuff they actually want to do. It’s not babysitting—it’s better. It’s care with purpose.

So go ahead. Hack your summer like a pro.

Less chaos. More connection. And maybe, just maybe, a moment to yourself.