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https://www.acacamps.org/blog/moderating-childhood-stress-through-camp

Moderating Childhood Stress Through Camp

Exposure to adverse childhood events (ACE) can lead children to drinking alcohol, smoking, illicit drug use, overeating, and other maladaptive behaviors (Stevens, 2015). These children can experience...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/instilling-meshages-marginalizes-toxic-stress-camp

Instilling MESH'ages Marginalizes Toxic Stress at Camp

As the Healthy Camp Education and Monitoring Program (HCEMP) committee studies MESH and its implications, I was interested to see some foundational work in this area. In...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/conversation-about-fatigue-camp

A Conversation about Fatigue and Camp

Before fatigue becomes a serious problem, here are four suggestions for addressing fatigue at this point in the summer.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-camp-crisis-hotline-can-help-you

How the Camp Crisis Hotline Can Help You

Sometimes, despite best efforts to be prepared in case of emergencies and expect the unexpected, crises occur. For just over thirty years, the American Camp Association (ACA) has been helping...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/challenges-wired-parent-raising-wired-kid

Challenges of a "Wired Parent" Raising a "Wired Kid"

Hello Camp Parents! My name is Missy and I am the database administrator for ACA. In this role, I work with a number of our teams to manage information related to the association’s members. But I am...