https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/yingdi-emerging-camp-industry-china

“Faster than a speeding bullet train” might describe the growth of the concept of camps in China. A country of 1.3 billion with the second largest economy in the world, China is undergoing a drastic...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/programming-theme

The positives for a child who attends a summer camp experience are widely known. Children and youth develop independence, self-esteem, and confidence; they experience positive role model influences;...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/beautiful-boys-addiction-recovery-what-they-learned-summer-camp

Addiction, recovery, and summer camp — four words that don't often appear together. Nevertheless, addictions of all kinds, perhaps especially to alcohol and other drugs, remain hugely problematic at...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/now-then-summer-school-camp

The fine art of getting children outdoors and the genuine growth it facilitates has long been known. Aristotle said, “In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” Shakespeare’s Duke...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/place-share-camp-people-are-different-regular-people

Maybe it's ingrained from the way they were brought up, raised by camp counselors and campers alike. Or maybe it's the extra exposure to sunlight dappling their shoulders. Maybe it's the camp...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/value-camp-experiences-today-interview-madeline-levine

Best-selling author and psychologist Madeline Levine will speak on Tuesday, February 12, at the 2013 ACA National Conference. With nearly thirty years of experience as a clinician, consultant, and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/kids-do-dumb-stuff-hidden-treasure-accidental-learning

When I was four, I fell in love with Hot Wheels toy cars. My favorite was a drag racer with its own parachute. The chute clipped to the underside of the car with a pair of wire hooks. You packed the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/its-good-day-personal-essay

The gray rain wall dropped out of the sky. Lightning. Then thunder. We, the already-tired crew on the feature film Yellow Day, were stuck. We quickly covered the large cameras in heavy plastic and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-belongs-your-resume-highlighting-professional-development-value-working-camp

First of all, thank you for working at camp — it makes a world of difference. If you’re reading this article you already know that, but not all hiring managers do. Scene 1 I’m talking with a...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/supervision-camp-more-numbers

“Camper Abused at Camp”: This is the headline no camp owner/director wants to hear or read. The American Camp Association firmly believes in the value of a criminal background check (see...