Beating the “End of Camp” Blues

Beating the “End of Camp” Blues

The American Camp Association® (ACA) recommends a few tips families can use to help ease the transition from camp to home.

Camping Trip Success

How to Make a Camping Trip a Success

No doubt about it, camping is challenging. Packing and unpacking is brutal. Sleeping in a tent is uncomfortable. Bathroom cleanliness is questionable. Mosquitoes and flies are after us. Still, we challenge ourselves and go, because being close to nature is healing. And because memories created during camping trips are priceless.

Food Allergies and Camp

How to Make Your Food-Allergic Kid a Happy Camper

Attending summer day camp is often a rite of passage for kids. But when you have a child with life-threatening food allergies, camp is more complicated than filling out forms and dropping your kid off each morning. But with planning, cooperation, and communication, day camp can be a great experience for food-allergic children.

Bedwetting & Sleepaway Camps

How to Handle Bedwetting at Sleep-Away Camp

Sleepaway camp is a childhood ritual that every child should be able to enjoy. But for children who wet the bed, sleeping away from home can be a scary prospect. Kids who suffer from this condition are often worried that other campers will discover their secret, or that camp staff won’t be supportive.

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