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Decisions can be scary. Without certainly knowing an outcome, people make choices every day. Some work out, and others provide unforeseen results. Both contribute to developing a healthy process for making decisions. By doing, people learn how it feels to make decisions and how they overcome internal and external factors that impede or help the process.

However, decision-making is not a naturally easy process for many. And for children, decisions can be even scarier. After years of making decisions, most adults naturally find their process. However, where can children find more opportunities to independently and collaboratively make decisions safely? Camp.

Do I stay or do I go? It starts with the decision about camp. By including them in the process, campers feel empowered and learn how to consider multiple factors in coming to a decision. A camper may have a friend at camp and want to go or a parent might want their child to have a similar experience they did as a kid.

Both are valid reasons to go to

camp, but there are other factors to consider before giving the green light. When the process is done together, parents and children are both honing their decision-making tools. On their own, or in groups, campers must navigate a landscape of decision-making on their own — and that’s a good thing.

What do I wear? What do I eat? What do I do?

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Audubon Summer Day Camp

Unplug This Summer Discover... Learn... Explore!

Have fun in nature! Kids, ages 2½ to 13, explore a variety of habitats in a safe environment. Starts June 22 through August 14, 2020. For more information and to register: www.audubonsummercamp.com