My daughter Olivia attended her first summer sports camp (basketball) this week. She's really gotten into basketball over the past six months or so, and was eager for the camp to begin.

After the first day of camp, however, she didn't want to go back. She said there was too much fouling in the games, and she didn't like the team she was on.

These feelings were alien to me; as I kid basketball camp was one of the highlights of my summer, and I still remember those weeks fondly.

That night I listened to Olivia's reaction to camp, and shared with her some of my own. I encouraged her to tell the counselors what she told me about the fouling, and to see if she could change teams.

To her credit, she did just that the next day. Although she didn't end up changing teams, she did enjoy camp more as the week went on, and I think her expressing her feelings is a big part of the reason why.

I feel like both she and I learned a lot about summer camp this week, lessons that should help us both before the next summer sports camp rolls around.