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As we come across helpful links to educate our camp families about current parenting topics, we will put them here. Some of the sites may change or become outdated.
Read about the benefits of kids being in nature at camp.
Those of us who have spent our summers at Gold Arrow know the value of being in nature. Read this article from the San Francisco Chronicle which reinforces the need for our kids to spend time away from electronics and in nature.
Great things happen when youth and mountains meet . . .
Unhealthy Competition
"Young kids are training like professionals, and have the injuries to prove it." This article is an excerpt from a new book that just hit the stands titled "Revolution in the Bleachers: How Parents Can Take Back Family Life in a World Gone Crazy Over Youth Sports" by Regan McMahon.
This March, 2007, publication of the American Camp Association has information geared towards parents thinking about sending their child to camp for the first time or preparing their child for a first camp stay.
Pediatrician, Dr. William Sears, and his sons, Drs. Jim "Bones" and Bob "Hawkeye" Sears (GAC Camp Doctors) offer health advice on many topics at their website, "Ask Dr. Sears."
Children & the Internet
Updated November 1, 2007.
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