https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/dark-side-parental-devotion-how-camp-can-let-sun-shine

A friend of mine is a college placement counselor in an academically competitive high school. She is always amazed by how quickly her phone calls to parents get returned. She feels like she has a red...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/ni%C3%B1ez-media-de-4-7-a%C3%B1os

Indicios de las etapas de desarrollo Adquirir mayor habilidad para razonar, planificar y recordar Empezar a apreciar mejor las normas sociales Experimentar una creciente sensibilidad para...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/los-adolescentes-en-los-campamentos-los-campamentos-y-los-adolescentes

Programas de campamento que se atreven a ser diferentes por Jeffrey Leiken, M.A. En el verano de 2005, cuando la revista TIME publicó el artículo, "Tener 13 años en América" presentaron un...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/lessons-learned-another-year-aca-camp-crisis-hotline

In June this year, ACA took a significant step to improve the crisis hotline service we provide to camp professionals. While the service has been offered for twenty years, for the first time, we were...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/childrens-mental-health-camp-what-our-role

Few children's issues have drawn more attention, or been more controversial, than those involving their mental health. For example, in the past twenty years, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/kids-healthy-lifestyles-how-camps-can-help

Child Obesity: A National Public Health Problem As the child obesity epidemic rears its overweight head across the nation, affecting one in five children, camps can play a vital role in the rescue...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/los-campamentos-en-mexico

In the colorful four-hundred-year history of Hacienda Santa Maria de Pipioltepec, few events have generated the level of anticipation — and volume — of the Keremess. Each summer, 140 children and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fostering-quality-athletic-programs-camps-promote-lifetime-physical-activity

For most of us, summer brings warm feelings and we readily associate summer with the camp experience. Camps have had a long tradition in this country providing valuable life skills and motor skills...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/myth-risk-promoting-healthy-behavior-challenging-teens

Most camp professionals have known intuitively for years what new Teens Today research from SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) and Liberty Mutual Group now makes statistically clear —...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/are-cit-programs-worth-risk-how-can-they-meet-your-expectations

"He did what?" "She never acted like that when she was a camper." "Are you sure that’s what happened?" Do these comments sound familiar? Camps offering leadership development programs are sometimes...