by Sacred Playgrounds | Feb 13, 2018 | Camp Research, The Logic of Camp
It is the number one concern of camp directors. It is the most anxiety-producing element of the experience for parents. When this characteristic breaks down, it has the clearest consequences for camp outcomes. Let’s talk about SAFETY at camp. Camp directors get that...
by Sacred Playgrounds | Oct 23, 2017 | Parenting, The Logic of Camp
The windows are down. The country air mercifully streams in the vehicle as you drive away from the camp property. There is nothing quite like the smell of a child after a week or more at summer camp. There is something wild about that smell. There is B.O., to be sure,...
by Sacred Playgrounds | Aug 2, 2017 | The Logic of Camp
We have an education crisis in this country. We live in the age of “alternative facts.” We can argue that something as preposterous as an alternative fact does not exist, but let’s be critical realists for a moment and accept that alternative facts exist because...
by Sacred Playgrounds | Jul 18, 2017 | The Logic of Camp
My youngest son Nathanael has a playground radar. Ever since he was old enough to walk and talk, he could seemingly sense them from miles away. We would be driving down the highway at 60 mph, and he could spot a rusty old slide in the middle of an overgrown field....
by Jake Sorenson, PhD | Aug 22, 2016 | The Logic of Camp
It was halftime, and we were behind. It was my junior year on the high school football team, and we had to win in order to make the playoffs. We could not seem to get our offense going, and our team’s offensive coordinator stood before our sweaty, exhausted team. He...
by Jake Sorenson, PhD | Jul 27, 2016 | Camp Research, The Logic of Camp
There is a lot of hateful talk on our television screens and on our social media sites of late. We need camps to teach us how to be respectful to one another. Our society is experiencing an unhealthy dosage of disrespectful dialogue and rhetoric of despair. Simply...
