https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/power-play

Dr. David Elkind Urges Parents to Add More Play to their Children's Lives "The traditional summer camp recognizes that play is a powerful form of learning that contributes mightily to the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/elephant-room-communicating-kids-about-economy

Not surprisingly, parents may be reluctant to discuss difficult economic times with their children.  Viewed as the province of adult anxiety, the burdens imposed by tumbling stock prices,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/parents-thoughts-sleep-away-camp-bunk-selection

Right now, many parents are contacting camp directors across the country trying to make sure their son or daughter gets into the “right bunk.” The only question is, what is the “right bunk?” What...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/what-i-did-my-summer-vacation

If you were looking for me in the middle of August, you wouldn’t have had a banana’s chance at a gorilla convention of finding me. I was incommunicado, far beyond any cell phone reception or Internet...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/learning-life

Camp is an experience that strengthens one’s life journey; it enables, reinforces, and facilitates one’s ability to learn for life. It is a process of risks and mistakes that are meaningful and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/what-it-about-camp-friendships

I see it at every major life event — weddings, graduations, baptisms, bar mitzvahs, any time family and friends gather to celebrate a significant milestone — that huge smile and even bigger hug when...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/why-cant-school-be-more-camp

Yesterday, my fourth grade son came home from school downcast. It’s his third week at a new school, and I had encouraged him to find a friend or two to invite over to swim. He had asked two boys for...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/prop%C3%B3sito-de-a%C3%B1o-nuevo-%C2%A1qu%C3%A9-este-sea-el-a%C3%B1o-m%C3%A1s-sano-de-sus-hijos

¡Por un Feliz Año Nuevo! Si los niños vinieran con instrucciones, podríamos ser padres perfectos. Desgraciadamente, no hay instrucciones, y por lo tanto, tampoco padres perfectos. Intentamos hacer...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/precauciones-para-pasarla-bien-al-sol-en-el-campamento

Los niños deben venir al campamento equipados con una loción para el sol con un índice de protección mínimo de 30 (SPF 30). Muchas actividades en el campamento se llevan a cabo en la sombra para...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/ni%C3%B1os-sanos

Ayude a sus hijos a anticiparse a la hiedra, el roble y el zumaque venenosos Propósito de Año Nuevo: ¡Qué...