https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/handling-sensitive-issues-campers-bring-you
Handling the Sensitive Issues Campers Bring to YouWhen You've Earned Your Campers' Trust, You May Get More Than You Bargained For You are out on an overnight hiking trip, sitting around the campfire with your campers and co-counselors, enjoying...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/brain-development-teens
Brain Development and TeensSchool had never been a successful place for 13-year-old Manuel. He never felt smart enough or capable enough or emotionally safe enough to do well in school. For one thing, the "neck up" learning...
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/how-can-you-tell-when-camper-really-ready-camp
How Can You Tell When a Camper Is Really Ready for Camp?Dear Bob, We are a coed resident camp operating in the mountains. It seems that every summer we have campers who aren’t really ready for the demands of group living in what is the intense social...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/staff-support
Staff and SupportHi Bob! I am new to camp life, specifically as a new camp director. I have inherited an administrative staff that grew up at camp and spent many years working with the former director. They all have...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/trenches-plugged-or-unplugged-benefits-each-camp
In the Trenches: Plugged or Unplugged — The Benefits of Each at CampI just got off the phone with the very thoughtful and reflective Jamie Cole, one of the owner/directors of Camp Robin Hood in Freedom, New Hampshire. She wanted to know my thoughts about a new policy...