How Summer Camp Made me a Better Person – a “Her Campus” Article

        As the summer draws near, there are still some of you out there scurrying to decide…

Your Kid is not the Fine China: Building Resilience and the Notion to Create

by Margaret Stockard           “A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships…

Benefits of Sending Your Daughter to an All-Girls Summer Camp

by Margaret Stockard Adolescence is the age-old purgatorial suspension between shedding a certain part of childhood and transitioning into what’s…

Awesome and Color-Tastic Things to Make With Kids!

A+ recently put out a great article with some very fun, cool, wacky, and colorful things to make with kids. During…

The Parental Inter-Camp Relationship: Navigating Perspectives When One Parent Went to Camp and the Other Did Not

        by Eva Gruenberg   Much of our “off-season” is spent educating others about the camp experience,…

10 Tips for Making the Most of Your First Year – An Article by The American Camp Association

    The American Camp Association has posted a great article with 10 tips for first year counselors/camp staff. I…

Camp and the Unplugged Child: Loosening the Digital Grip

by Margaret Stockard   As I write this on my technological device, I think about how important digital advancements have…

10 of the Best Books for Thinking Parents

  Benjamin Franklin once said: “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I…

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions: Camp vs. Internships and How a Summer in the Woods Changed My Life

by Margaret Stockard   The new year is upon us and for many students, this is the home stretch toward…

The Adventures of Pretend Play

by Margaret Stockard   Children learn by imagining and doing. I have seen rocks become families. Legos become armies. Stuffed…