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A Chick-fil-A in Louisiana is raising eyebrows for its popular new kids program. On June 5, a franchisee in Hammond, Louisiana, a unique experience for kids: Chick-fil-A Summer Camp. Admission for the camp is $35 and consists of one, three-hour session with team leaders (Chick-fil-A-speak for managerial employees) and is suggested for kids ages five to 12.

The camp comes with a kids meal, T-shirt, name tag and snack and consists of various activities like spending “some time with the Chick-fil-A Cow and Chick-fil-A Team Leaders” as well as a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of a franchise location. “We are excited to announce our very first Chick-fil-A Summer Camp,” the Facebook post reads. There were initially three sessions offered at the West Hammond location, each with a capacity of 30 children.



The concept proved so popular — all sessions in an hour — that the restaurant on June 6. Still, this deep-fried summer camp concept proved to be rather divisive. In the comments section of the posts, some overjoyed parents and mostly apprehensive readers took to their keyboards to let their thoughts be known.

“Yay!! Child labor!!” one Facebook commenter, with another saying, “THIS IS CRAZYYYY LOL.” “This is super weird are these people trained in child care?” asked someone else, with a commenter adding, “Teach em nice and early how to be corporate wage slaves." There were supportive comments, too.

“I’ll go against the grain here. Kudos to .

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