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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/transgender-youth-role-camps-might-play
Transgender Youth — The Role Camps Might PlayYou may be asking yourself, "What does a discussion about transgender individuals have to do with me? Why am I reading this in Camping Magazine?" We've had the conversation about the LGBTQ community...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/farm-dining-hall-camp-farm-program-long-history
Farm to Dining Hall: A Camp Farm Program with a Long HistoryIn 1890, the folks who built the water powered grist mill just off Carson Creek, outside Brevard, North Carolina, never envisioned that one day the property surrounding the mill would become Gwynn...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/medical-marijuana-current-issues-camps
Medical Marijuana: Current Issues for CampsIntroduction A call recently came into the American Camp Association (ACA) Crisis Hotline from a member camp: Three adults attended a family camp and brought medical marijuana with them. Upon...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/out-about-creating-safe-environment-lgbtq-campers-staff
Out and About: Creating a Safe Environment for LGBTQ Campers and StaffIt was June 2006. I had been conducting staff training at a coed camp in the Northeast. I had already spoken to the entire staff about the “real work” of camp, which I see as helping campers use the...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/interview-richard-louv-using-nature-principle-camps-reduce-nature-deficit-disorder-children-adults
An Interview with Richard Louv: Using the Nature Principle and Camps to Reduce Nature-Deficit Disorder — for Children and AdultsWhat progress have you seen in the movement to connect children and nature since you wrote Last Child in the Woods in 2005? Last Child didn’t create the children...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/return-tolerance
A Return to ToleranceThe scuffle was over almost as quickly as it started. The boys were playing a team game, and, as is common with nine-year-old boys, there was a disagreement about the rules. An argument quickly...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/staff-training-what-do-you-expect
Staff Training: What Do You Expect?Summer camp staff training — what exactly is it? If you take all the ideas and definitions; all the content from years past provided by the American Camp Association (ACA), the health department, and...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/ni%C3%B1os-sanos
Niños sanosAyude a sus hijos a anticiparse a la hiedra, el roble y el zumaque venenosos Propósito de Año Nuevo: ¡Qué...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/ni%C3%B1ez-media-de-8-10-a%C3%B1os-de-edad
Niñez media: De 8 a 10 años de edadIndicios de las etapas de desarrollo Pasar mucho más tiempo con niños de la misma edad Hacer amistades en la escuela o en otras actividades Empezar a estar consciente de su propia identidad...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/adolescencia-temprana-de-11-13-a%C3%B1os-de-edad
Adolescencia temprana: De 11 a 13 años de edadIndicios de las etapas de desarrollo Aumentar el vocabulario a 40.000 palabras (casi el doble de lo que era entre los 8 y 9 años de edad) Escoger a los amigos, basándose en los intereses...