https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/there-reason-understanding-challenging-behavior

I once worked with cat. Not a “meow” cat, although that’s how she identified herself to me. She was a thirteen-year-old girl who insisted she was a cat. You can imagine how hard it was for her at...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/blessing-least-favorite-activity

Guest post by Audrey Monke In her best-selling book, The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, Wendy Mogel discusses the importance...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/family-matters-sending-siblings-camp

If you’ve got a multiple-kid household, you have a lot of choices when it comes to summer plans — including camp! First, assess each individual child’s readiness for camp. Consider...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/promoting-self-control

Have any of you read Mind in the Making by Ellen Galinsky? This is another fascinating read. Are you not both challenged and validated by any number...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/why-world-needs-summer-camp

It is not easy for parents to make the decision to send their child away into the waiting arms of strangers who promise to take care of them — people who promise to show them the wonders of...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/avoiding-summer-reading-slump-getting-kids-interested-books

Struggles over what our kids read during the summer are not new. I know this because I remember the summer my mom had to wrestle a battered paperback from my hands, saying, “We did not pay for a...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/picking-right-day-camp

Now is a great time for parents to arrange a tour of a local day camp.  Whether parents are looking for a camp for the first time for their child or thinking about switching camps, going on a...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/camp-full-circle-mothers-perspective

“Grace?” I knelt in front of her. She looked up at me, immediately sensing what I was going to say. A shadow fell over her eyes. “We’re going to go now.” “What?...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/camp-fairs-answer-questions-provide-information

Choosing a camp, especially for first-timers, is a serious undertaking. Questions about camp programs and philosophies are important and help families determine which camp experience is right for...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/does-your-camp-reinforce-resist-or-relieve-gender-stereotypes

Can you believe that sexist practices and beliefs remain entrenched in camps, even in this day and age? Although we have made great strides over the last decade to eradicate overtly sexist behaviors...