Believe the Following
from the ACA Leadership Training Manual
 

Children are honest in stating their impressions and in describing what they see, hear, and experience.  If they are unhappy and dissatisfied, bored or over stimulated; if they do not like the food or their counselor or the program, parents will hear about it.  Some of those parents will investigate the complaints, knowing that children are also clever at exaggerating when it is in their favor, but many more will take the easier course of withdrawing the child or looking  elsewhere another year.  One of the best measures of the quality of a camp is the rate of return of [campers and] staff.

When counselors elect to stay in the same camp all the way from camper status through C.I.T. programs;  as junior counselors, and finally as leaders, it tells a story that cannot be disputed.  They must be happy, enjoy their work, feel that they are treated fairly, and believe in the stated philosophy of that camp.   When this happens, a spirit is generated, a magical esprit de corps, that will attract the same children for as long as they are eligible, and bring them back when they are employable.   Children emulate the attitudes and behavior of admired adults, and when the staff is happy, the campers will be also.