At my South Side Chicago summer camp, we just wrapped eight weeks of pure, unfiltered childhood joy. Kids splashed at water parks, explored the countryside, learned financial literacy, and crafted speeches to build confidence. Not once did politics creep into the picture. Thats how it should bea sanctuary where kids can be kids, free from the divisive noise of adult agendas.So, imagine my shock hearing about the summer camp my friends daughter attended. Nestled in a century-old mountain paradise of trees and lakes, it looked like the all-American campuntil it wasnt.On the Fourth of July, my friends 12-year-old daughter proudly wore an American flag shirt, a nod to her familys journey from slavery and segregation to freedom and opportunity. Theyre a family that knows Americas flaws but still sees her as the greatest nation on Earth.RACE-OBSESSED LEADERSHIP IN AMERICA'S THIRD-LARGEST CITY IS DESTROYING CHILDREN'S FUTURESAt breakfast, another camper confronted her about the flag shirt. "How can you believe in a country that has done horrible things to your people?" the girl demanded. She then parroted social justice buzzwords about "white privilege" and "systemic racism and called celebrating the Fourth pointless until "true equality" is achieved.My friends daughter, a smart girl herself, pushed back, pointing to her familys progress as proof of Americas promise. But she was up against a brick wall of bad-faith anti-Americanism, fed by rehearsed lines about colonized land and Native American atrocities and oppressor privilege. The exchange left her deflated and her excitement for a day of lake fun, smores, and patriotic singing around the campfire, faded.It didnt stop there. Days later, the camp forced the kids into a "privilege walk." They stood hand-in-hand, only to be divided by questions like, "Step forward if youve been racially profiled in a store," or "if your parents taught you how to act around police." My friends daughter, wise beyond her years, refused to play this game that branded kids as either oppressors or victims. Good for her.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONThis story set my blood boiling. Summer camp isnt a place for political crusades. Kids are born innocentlet them stay that way as long as possible. That doesnt mean shielding them from reality; it means not poisoning their minds with toxic narratives that paint America as inherently evil. Whats the point of guilting a 12-year-old for loving her country?This obsession with politicizing our children has to stop. They deserve the freedom to grow into independent thinkers, not pawns in someones ideological war.They deserve camps filled with joy and discovery, not lectures on why they should be ashamed of their nation.Its time we let kids be kids again. And it is time that we fight for this kind of all-American existence before its too late.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM COREY BROOKS