I took my son to Cub resident camp last weekend. First we had a great time and a lot of fun. My son is 9 y.o. quickly approaching 10. There was an incident at camp that scared me quite a bit, and do not know how to handle since he will be going into Boy Scouts next year and most likely will be camping without me. I am not a unit leader but work with Scouting on the district level. I probably could sneak my way into going to camp with my son's troop next year, but prefer that he learn some independence.

Now the incident, he was sleeping in a tent with the other Webelos Scouts (about 5 in one tent). I know that is overcrowded, but the Webelos Scouts wanted to sleep together so the leaders let them, and I tend to let them make those decisions even for my son. They are in charge, and if it is not a YP violation or a safety issue, I yield to them.

In any case, on Saturday night one of the leaders was heading back from the latrine when he saw my son wandering around apparently leaving camp. He was in his underwear. When the leader asked him what he was doing he started shouting Mom!, Mom!, Mom!. The leader immediately called for me. I heard this, and immediately left my tent, and went outside. When I got to my son, I directed him back to the tent and told him to go to bed. He said something about jumping in the pool, but eventually went to his cot. I do not think he woke up during this entire incident, and of course I did not go back to sleep for a couple of hours because the incident really shook me up.

I cannot imagine what would have happened if the leader did not happen to be returning from the latrine. We could have woken up the next day, and my son would have been missing from his tent, and possibly wandering around the woods lost in his underwear or worse. Have any of you ever tackled a sleep walking issue while at camp, and how did you handle it?
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