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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fumble-recovery-transforming-string-failures-robust-success

Fumble and Recovery: Transforming a String of Failures into Robust Success

This article shows summer camp counselors how to turn past and present failures into future successes.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/begin-end-mind

Begin with the End in Mind

The first thing summer camp counselors should do going into camp season is decide how they want campers to remember them once the season ends.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/videos-impact-camp

Videos: The Impact of Camp

Does summer camp really make a difference? We know camp changes lives but what impact does it have on the lives of former campers? The American Camp Association’s large-...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/give-gift-camp

Give the Gift of Camp

Each holiday season, parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles are faced with the hard decision of what gifts to give children. This year, as part of your holiday gift list, consider the ...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/whats-best-age-camp

What's the Best Age for Camp?

You probably want a number here.  If you’re only going to read these first two sentences, then I’ll pick the age of nine. But my real answer is a bit more complex. When...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/too-much-screen-time-four-ways-summer-camp-can-help

Too Much Screen Time? Four Ways Summer Camp Can Help

Children between eight and ten years old currently spend nearly eight hours a day on media. Adolescents average nearly eleven hours per day, seven days a week, on screens. The negative impact of this...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/want-independent-confident-resilient-kid-camp-can-help

Want an Independent, Confident, Resilient Kid? Camp Can Help!

While it’s easy to think of ways to teach our kids to do laundry or solve math problems, finding a way to instill important character traits isn’t as simple. The way we model traits we want our...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/5-tips-surviving-your-childs-first-overnight-camp-experience

5 Tips for Surviving Your Child’s First Overnight Camp Experience

Your child’s at summer camp? That’s so exciting! And hard. For some of you, an internal “WA HOO!” went off as the bus filled with excited campers and their duffle bags pulled away. But for...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/happy-campers-counterintuitive-conversation-about-youth-mental-health

Happy Campers: A Counterintuitive Conversation about Youth Mental Health

Why are kids at camp so darn happy? It’s a relevant question as we embark upon another camp season. Of course, an important part of your job this summer will be to promote and enhance that happiness...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/5-reasons-not-worry-while-your-kids-are-camp

5 Reasons Not to Worry While Your Kids Are at Camp

Worrying when our kids are away from us is normal for parents. Every time I’ve ever dropped my kids off for a new adventure without me, I’m excited for them. But I’m also concerned about their safety...