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https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/how-help-your-child-have-great-time-camp
How to Help Your Child Have a Great Time at CampA summer at camp is much more than a vacation for children. At camp, kids enjoy the outdoors and develop a greater appreciation for the environment. Campers experience the companionship of other...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/health-begins-youth-get-your-kids-moving-now
Health Begins with Youth: Get Your Kids Moving NowMaybe it starts with Thanksgiving — the turkey, the stuffing, mashed potatoes swimming in gravy, Aunt Gertie's Jell-O® Surprise, and pumpkin pie buried in whipped cream. Then the holiday steam train...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/camp-encourages-kids-explore-healthy-behaviors
Camp Encourages Kids to Explore Healthy BehaviorsIf you went to camp, you probably didn't serve yourself lunch from a salad bar. Times have changed! Now the majority of camps offer salad bars—just one sign that camps' menus are reflecting all our...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/when-they-come-home
When They Come HomeIt is probably difficult to imagine, as you scan the "packing list," count socks, get the trunk out, and make sure your child's name is on everything they are taking, what your son or daughter might...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/hooking-losing-out-new-culture-teen-sex
Hooking Up, Losing Out: The New Culture of Teen SexEpisodes of group oral sex that rocked a well-heeled New England prep school—coupled with similar incidents in a diverse set of communities across the country—raise important questions about early...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/parents-play-pivotal-role-keeping-teens-safe-during-summer-driving-season
Parents Play a Pivotal Role in Keeping Teens Safe During the Summer Driving SeasonWilliam Shakespeare wrote, "Summer's lease hath all too short a date," apparently foreshadowing the all-too-soon approach of fall. But a short summer season is time enough still for even the most...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/teens-camp-camp-teens
Teens at Camp, Camp and TeensCamp Programs that Dare to be Different! When TIME magazine ran its cover feature on "Being 13 in America" in the summer of 2005, they wrote about the complex pressures and surprisingly...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/preparing-children-summer-camp-experience
Preparing Children for the Summer Camp Experience"Summer camp is more than a vacation for children," says Bruce Muchnick, Ed.D., a licensed psychologist who works extensively with day and resident camps. "As a parent, there are a few things to...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/coping-first-time-camp-experiences
Coping with First-Time Camp ExperiencesFor thousands, the camp experience has been a long-standing family tradition. For others, the camp experience seems almost counterintuitive. Send your child off to camp for maybe weeks at a time? "As...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/chopper-down-parents-get-conflicting-signals-about-nurturing-teens
Chopper Down: Parents Get Conflicting Signals About Nurturing TeensSo-called "helicopter parents" have been recently criticized in the popular press for hovering over their adolescent children, hyper-involving themselves in young lives more in need of independence...