Camping Magazine articles from March 2006

Camping Magazine archives from March 2006

Can simple questions have simple answers? Building principles.(costs of building a pool)
March 1, 2006... Possibly one of the most painful lessons of any lifetime follows the adage: "You get what you pay for." After their first $500 car (or the $49.95 paint job for the $500 car), most people view "a great deal" with suspicion. Often the trouble...

Raising awareness to reduce bullying in summer camps bullying prevention at camp--one in a series of three articles.
March 1, 2006... Think back to your elementary/grade school years, and ask yourself if you can recall the top three favorite memories of your childhood. They probably involve something loving, connecting, or good to eat. Now, do the same for the least favorite...

The dark side of parental devotion: how camp can let the sun shine.
March 1, 2006... 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 phone at the White House. When one dad...

Sit & get won't grow dendrites: professional learning strategies that engage the adult brain.
March 1, 2006... Visualize the worst presentation or training session that you ever attended. The chances are that you were talked at by a presenter who was either boring or argumentative. I would bet that you actually moved very little and maybe not even at...

The digital umbilical how clear missions guide electronic technology policies.
March 1, 2006... History Repeats Itself In 1916, when Alexander Graham Bell visited Camp Marienfeld in South Carolina, he remarked to its director, C. Hanford Henderson, "It may surprise you, but I congratulate you on the fact that you have no telephone."...

The key to understanding is empathy.(Interview)
March 1, 2006... Did you harbor any misconceptions about children and their parents who live in urban poverty and are surrounded by violence prior to the There are No Children Here project? What did you learn that has changed your understanding of families who...

Legal and partnering--really?(camps and parent)
March 1, 2006... The theme for the 2006 ACA Conference--"Partnering With Parents" provides a springboard for a frank discussion of certain legal and practical issues between camps and their camper families. In the camp industry, and in the recreation and...

A letter from Peg.(parent of a camper)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Parents are our customers. Yes, it is true that parents' expenditures are greatly influenced by their children, but make no mistake, parents are our customers. Recognizing that reality, what is the profile of "today's" parent? I believe you...

Building a culture of trust a place to share.(camps relationships with parents)
March 1, 2006... As I plan for my trip to the national conference in Chicago, I find myself recalling when I was in town for the last conference in 1999. At the time, I was a member of the conference committee, and it was my assignment to meet the...

Camp revival.
March 1, 2006... Young people--the ones lucky enough to have attended a school, church, or other organized camp, or to have camped with their family or friends--can offer moving testimony to the power of experience in the natural world. As I researched...

AEDs at Camp: yes or no? Risk management.(automated external defribillator)
March 1, 2006... A colleague recently asked whether her camp should have an AED (automated external defibrillator) on site. Just three or four years ago, I would have responded to that question with a resounding "No." My opinion has changed. "Maybe...." ...

Understanding parental expectations and participants' experiences research notes.
March 1, 2006... An understanding of expectations and experiences of summer camp can prove extremely beneficial in camper recruitment. The following studies were presented at the 2005 Camp Research Symposium held at the American Camp Association National...

Trains, planes, and automobiles: transporting campers TechnoTrends.
March 1, 2006... When we are speaking with camps, we ask them: "Do you transport the kids to camp or do their parents drop them off?" If there is a chuckle and a note of glee, then we know that they are one of the camps that has dodged the transportation...