https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/healthy-camps-update-whats-focus-phase-three
Healthy Camps Update: What’s the Focus for Phase Three?With eight years of the Healthy Camps initiative completed, the program recently launched its third phase of inquiry. The focus for 2015–2017 is the mental, emotional, and social health (MESH)...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/how-do-your-campers-really-feel-benefits-mid-session-evaluations
How Do Your Campers Really Feel? The Benefits of Mid-Session EvaluationsThe dreaded call comes the day after camp ends. A parent is calling to report that his child had a miserable camp experience because of a bully in their group, a mean counselor, or . . . (you fill in...
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...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/holding-letting-go-graduation-season-brings-risk-reward
Holding On, Letting Go: Graduation Season Brings Risk and RewardHigh school seniors everywhere will soon embrace a graduation season marked by pomp and circumstance, risk and reward. Staying safe means balancing freedom with responsibility and communicating...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/phantom-menace-drugging-driving-poses-threat-teens-during-summer-season
The Phantom Menace: Drugging and Driving Poses Threat to Teens During Summer Season"Summer's lease hath all too short a date," wrote William Shakespeare, 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/more-village-underage-drinking-america
More Than a Village: Underage Drinking in AmericaA report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility) sounds the alarm on an epidemic of...
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/camp-squared-deciding-if-camp-should-be-sibling-experience
Camp Squared? Deciding if camp should be a sibling experienceCamp can be a beneficial, fun, life-changing experience for every child, but if you have two or more children in your household the biggest decision looking ahead to this summer may be "Do I send one...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/impact-loss-free-undirected-play-childhood-what-camps-can-do-about-it
The Impact of the Loss of Free, Undirected Play in Childhood (And What Camps Can Do About It)As wonderful as the cherished traditions and programmatic aspects of a camp may be, what we teach campers may not be the most important part of their summer experience. The most crucial and...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/role-model-relationships-making-healthy-human-connections
Role Model Relationships: Making healthy human connectionsAll parents have hopes and desires for their children. I'll bet high on your list of wishes is that your children grow up to be well-adjusted adults who have healthy, nurturing relationships of their...