https://www.acacamps.org/grandparents-place

Profile of Today's Active Grandparents Grand Camps have successfully emerged to meet the needs of significant numbers of active senior citizens across the country. The growth in the...

https://www.acacamps.org/destinaci%C3%B3n-campamento

Un recurso completo para las familias que ofrece consejo profesional de expertos en campamentos sobre la selección de campamento, el momento preciso, el desarrollo infantil y juvenil, y asuntos...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/chopper-down-parents-get-conflicting-signals-about-nurturing-teens

So-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

High 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

"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

A 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

Episodes 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 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/health-begins-youth-get-your-kids-moving-now

Maybe 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

If 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...