Category Archives: Oct 04

Back to Nature

Posted on October 20, 2004

As sure as the outdoors, that’s what camp has traditionally been about. But as times have changed, so have campers’ interests. The camp professionals we spoke with — from Oregon, Texas, California and the Midwest — all noted a trend … Continue reading →

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Confronting Bullying

Posted on October 20, 2004

The language kids are exposed to on sitcom re-runs every day at 5 p.m. would make the toughest camp director blush just 30 years ago (most kids did not talk like they do on That ’70s Show in the 1970s). … Continue reading →

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Bucking the Trend

Posted on October 20, 2004

In a recent editorial in The Wall Street Journal, Tunku Varadarajan writes, “Today… camp is designed as a break for children from parents. As the latter tribe grows more insufferably aspirational with every generation, kids are getting pummeled by parental … Continue reading →

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