This is a very common question by parents of participants o­n the children's adventure programmes - and the answer is no. Children's adventure programmes are designed for children as participants. While we understand your concern, we cannot allow non-staff grown-ups related with the children to be present. There are many reasons for this.

The most important is that your presence creates a distracting influence to the child who is used to turning to you for help. This also creates confusions in perceptions about the real authority person in camp and also hampers your child's ability to be independent.

It is unfair to the rest of the participants who do not have parents/guardians present.

The camps are designed for particular ages, and your child will be among others of similar capabilities. There has to be a first camp alone at some time, and this is a good time for your child to learn to be responsible for himself/herself. Your absense will actually add to his self-worth.

Instructors o­n these programmes are experienced in dealing with children, and your child is in safe hands.

Most of our camp locations do not have telephone facilities by design. There are provisions for emergency contact, which are used o­nly for emergencies.

If we are near telephone facilities, participants of all programmes can make calls o­n their own responsibility, in free time. However, we discourage this in children's programmes of durations less than a week, unless it is urgent.