Yes, ultimately he will have to learn to deal with stuff on his own, but not at the age of 7. I quite honestly don't know why you thought sending a child that young to sleep away camp was a good idea in the first place. I'm thinking you don't still see him as he is, which is a very young child still. He'll have plenty of time for older child stuff when he is older. He will also learn to deal with stuff on his own, but, why push it on a young child?