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Visiting Day Tips & Preparation – 2010

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Physical Preparation for Summer Camp – 2011

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Closing Day = Opening Hearts and Minds – 2012

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Camp Industry Professionalism – 2008

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Historical Roots In the late 1800s, when the camping movement began to accelerate in Canada and the US, dozens of...

Healthy Competition – It’s Not an Oxymoron! – 2005

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As a psychologist who works with summer camps across the country, I am often asked whether competition is good...

Lead Me Not Into Temptation

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I offered to watch my 8-year-old’s belongings tonight at Gate B8. From across the hall, he had seen the...

On Not Documenting Every Moment – 2012

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The Great News About Homesickness – 2005

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That’s right…there’s great news about homesickness! For starters, you should know that: Homesickness (or “missing home”) is normal. In...

Bullying at Camp is an Opportunity – 2006

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Bullying has received a lot of recent press, especially as more and more schools adopt anti-bullying programs in their...

College Freshmen… Dump High School Sweethearts – 2013

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