Summer Camp 2022
Why day camp?
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The camp experience helps children develop an appreciation of their place in the world
mother wrote that her family was on a ski trip. The son got to the top of a steep hill and started to panic. The mom said, “What would you do if you were at camp?” and he proceeded to engage himself in positive selftalk that was part of the camp culture: “It may take time, it may be hard; but stick with it, and you’ll be fine!” He skied down with a huge sense of accomplishment and perseverance.
children the experiences and the child doesn’t go to day camp, resources they need to become especially since she will go to successful, contributing adults. overnight camp in a few years? In sharp contrast to the tradiShe is only 4 years old — why tions of growing up in the ’50s does she need day camp? and ’60s, today we live Camp provides in the first moment one of the very few when humans by links with a world receive more of larger than the their information consumer culture second-hand we inhabit — than first. We and day camp are in a climate is one important where it is harder choice in a quiver to know what we of options. The camp need to survive, so experience helps children drawing on experiences that and youth develop an appregive children healthy alternaciation of their place and their tives and opportunities to instill responsibility in a much larger capabilities is the greatest gift universe. A preschooler — or you can give a young child. even an older child who might Does it really matter if my be reluctant to go to overnight
Marla Coleman
It’s tough to be a kid these days. It’s tough to be a parent. In a society where the nature of the family, the work place, and the community have changed dramatically, we can no longer assume that the natural process of growing up will provide
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Day camp can begin as early as age 3, and is geared to children who get to experience camp and still return home each evening! They have the best of both worlds — the camp com-
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camp — can join a community that is created especially for her to practice growing up. Why wait until age 10 when the benefits of feeling connected and being able to contribute and navigate at an earlier age can be reaped? Under the supervision of inspiring guides, children can feel successful and make new friends while having the time of their lives; they can experience belonging; they can have a sense of predictability in times of turbulence and change.
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