It taught me how to relate to people, because I had to make parents feel comfortable leaving their children in my care. We had the children for a whole week and when the parents came to bring them back on the first day, it was the counselor's job to make the parents feel safe enough to leave their children alone. I was able to learn new skills on how to interact with parents and every week I got a little better at dealing with them. I spoke to parents telling them what their children would be doing during the week, walking them through each activity and answering questions they had for some activities. I could tell that the parents felt more at ease, after hearing what their children were going to do. This will help me in the social work profession, because I need the skills to deal with parents so they can feel comfortable letting me help their children. If one of a child's parents does not feel comfortable with me, it will be difficult to get the child to trust me and tell me the details of the problem at hand. . Since the camp activities were all program-oriented, my punctuality skills became impeccable. I have learned to always be on time and this is an important asset to have as a social worker because it makes you trustworthy and dependable for your client. If I have to meet a client somewhere and I'm late, that has a downside