https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/cultivating-constructive-camper-habits
Cultivating Constructive Camper HabitsIt is the middle of the summer. You have probably already greeted many new and returning campers and have enjoyed some of the fun that camp offers. You have also probably discovered or rediscovered...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/trenches-play-date-camp
In the Trenches: Play-Date at CampDear Bob, We often have campers who, no matter how carefully we try to place them in a group, just don't seem to fit in. Most of the time a camper like this will simply keep a low profile or just...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/trenches-counselors-good-judgment
In the Trenches: A Counselor’s Good JudgmentCamp directors: Please share this column with your staff. During the camp season it's more important than ever for them to read this. Taking care of other people's children, as you do at...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/trenches-camper-behavior-growth-without-shame
In the Trenches: Camper Behavior — Growth without ShameDuring the summer, I have many opportunities to see and discuss camper behavior at the several camps I visit during the season. It never ceases to amaze me how quickly even some well-educated,...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/trenches-countering-fear-darkness
In the Trenches: Countering Fear and DarknessDear Bob, Do you have any thoughts about what to say to staff or campers who may have fears or anxiety in the aftermath of the Newtown shootings and the bombings at the Boston...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/we-knew-it-all-along-vagal-nerve-tone-health-lifelong-benefits-camp
We Knew It All Along! Vagal Nerve Tone and Health and the Lifelong Benefits of CampWe have all seen them — gaggles of teens walking together, each one looking at his or her own mobile phone screen; or couples out at dinner, one checking the e-mails on his Blackberry, the other...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/trenches-telephone-roulette-when-call-parents
In the Trenches — Telephone Roulette: When to Call Parents!Dear Bob, Camps are in full swing now and I need some advice. We have had an incident where one young man grabbed another younger boy by the neck leaving a mark. I don’t know if it...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/trenches-weeds
In the Trenches: In the WeedsAt first I didn't see the call. It came to my cell phone from an unfamiliar number at 6:30 one morning in late July. I had been driving since 5:30 on my way to a camp where I was going to be...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/positive-futures
Positive FuturesI have been blessed by a wonderful career as a camp director and educator in our field. It has been gratifying to see the lives of generations of campers and staff members transformed over the years...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/great-things-have-small-beginnings
Great Things Have Small BeginningsIn 1861, Frederick W. Gunn and his wife, Abigail, took their students on a two-week summer camping trip. The very popular program was repeated for the next several years — a small thing that is...