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Benefits of Camp
Camp provides children with a community of caring adults, who nurture experiential education that results in self-respect and appreciation for human value. All of the outcomes — self-identity, self-worth, self-esteem, leadership, and self-respect — build personal competencies. These ...
Source: American Camp Association
Psychological Aspects: The Camp Experience
Camp and Youth Development Outcomes Parents want the best opportunities for their children. They want them to have whatever it takes to be happy and successful — good health, ability to get along with others, thinking and problem-solving skills, a good self-concept. Children need resiliency ...
Source: American Camp Association
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Teens at Camp, Camp and Teens
When TIME magazine ran its cover feature on "Being 13 in America" in the summer of 2005, they wrote about the complex...
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All Aboard!
Attention all parents with engineers under their roofs! Put down the wooden tracks. Unhand Thomas the Train. When your...
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Stress Free Summer Schedules
Whether your child is five or fifteen, he needs to keep busy during the summer months. While it sounds tempting to take...
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Summer Fun...and Summer School?
For parents who worry that their child might be one of the many who will struggle to catch up in the fall, could summer...
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Give Peace Camp a Chance
Whether they’re future world leaders or simply kids hoping to learn more about the world, your children could learn a...
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A Place to Share: Lending a Helping Hand
It was inspiring, to say the least, to see how involved our campers became in Camp Sewataro's Community Action Program,...
Source: American Camp Association
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