Research, Writings and Articles about Summer Camp
How to Define Camp
This article considers the challenges of defining “camp.” It discusses what makes an “adequate” definition of “summer camp,” and demonstrates two techniques: the unqiue functions of camp, and the core attributes of camp organizations.
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Why do Kids Love Camp?
Children love camp for many reasons, but this article claims summer camp provides eight important experiences that are ordinarily lacking in kids’ lives throughout the rest of the year. These experiences give camp its power.
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How to Write a Letter to Your Child at Camp
Writing to your child away at summer camp? Here’s practical advice about how to stay connected, important traps to avoid, and content ideas to cheer them on from home. See how to provide reassurance and encourage her success at camp.
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Why Camp Matters: It's a Haven
Camp is more than just an entertaining summer escape; it’s a sanctuary where girls thrive. This article discusses how our intentional community helps them grow stronger, more joyful, and more confident than ever.
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Beyond Brain Rot: How Camp is an Antidote
Spending too much time online can “rot your brain,” but it’s also eroding our children’s capacity for authentic human connection. This article explores how the African concept of Ubuntu reveals what’s being lost and why summer camp offers the relational foundation our kids desperately need.
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Are Camp Expenses Tax Deductible?
There is some confusion about whether the cost of summer camp can be included as a child care expense on a family’s tax return. This article discusses the crucial difference between a day camp program and an overnight sleepaway camp.
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Why Camp is about Heart
In addition to “21st-century skills” like communication, collaboration, and creativity, summer camp helps children improve their relationships with other people through kindness, caring and respect.
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In Praise of Neoteny
Neoteny, the retention of childlike attributes, is celebrated and fostered at summer camp. Life at camp keeps our childlike spirit alive, encouraging everyone here, even as we grow older, to be more joyful, playful and creative.
Read the article, “In Praise of Neoteny.”