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Thanks to the recession, more and more parents are asking their parents to play camp.
Vivian Manning-Schaffel: In this whopper of a…
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My mouth dropped when I saw the unemployment rate among youth: over 20%, according to the New York Times, more than double the national average.
So, what are we doing to prepare our teens for the real, working world? What are you doing to prepare them? Our…
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It’s nearly summer. And moms all over the country are running around trying to do one thing—put their children in summer camp. Now, they have summer camps for practically everything. There are science camps, rocket camps, sports camps, horse camps, Barbie hair styling camps—the list could go on forever. But none of these camps are practical. Read More »
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I feel like my kids'
schools are getting me prepared for their impending summer vacation
(in 17 days, but who's counting). The month of May has been
filled with many half days of school, events and general
last-month-of-school chaos. (Did I mention the 50 paper dinosaurs I
need to cut out by… Read More »
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Most of us here at Daily Grommet have fond memories of how fun summer camp was, but what happened beforehand was anything but fun. We remember our moms swearing a blue streak as they wrestled with the sewing machine, sewing labels onto every stitch of our clothing, or wielding a Sharpie over the rest of our gear.- Let’s talk: Comment (3) | Blog
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We all know what summer brings to mind for kids..swimming, hiking, camping..jewelry making?? No, not…
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I have worked at a large traditional summer camp for three years now both as a counselor and as a director. Reader's Digest published this article Camp Counselor Secrets ( Read More »
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Facebook served up my past the other day, though I wasn't sure I wanted it to. I've spent decades working on systematically forgetting the awkward early teen years, back when I barely filled out my bikini and...
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In lieu of the usual Million Dollar Mommy inventions that I test-drive on this blog, I've got a slightly different idea this month. Inspired by two recent articles, here, and here, I foresee great wads of cash to be made by someone in the summer camp business. Apparently so many parents, coast to coast, are going ballisto with grief when their kiddos go to camp, to the point where camps need to contend with parental separation anxiety as an occupational hazard. But it doesn't have to be a hazard; it can be a cash-cow! Seriously, someone crafty surely stands to profit this new trend of parents experiencing seasonal "kid-sickness." For example, here's a letter I'm working on to welcome parents to my imaginary summer camp...a camp for parents of soon-to-be summer campers. Read More »
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