Questions To Ask When Choosing Camp

    By Sandra Gordon Open spots at summer camps can go faster than a popsicle melts on a sweltering day. Still, for your child’s wellbeing and your own, it pays to get picky and do your homework. Before taking summer camp virtual tours, “know what you want,” says...

Friendly Pines Camp Turns 80!

  By Lila Baltman   Arizona’s Longest-Running, Family-Owned Sleepaway Camp Celebrates 80 Years This Summer In just a few short months, hundreds of excited children from across Arizona will hopefully get to do what they were not able to do last summer because of...

Choosing Summer Camp Your Kids Will Love

  By Kimberly Blaker Whether you are looking for enrichment for your child, a way to keep your kids occupied and supervised while you work, or need a short reprieve from parenting, there is sure to be a summer camp that is the right fit for your child and family....
Questions for Sleepaway Camp

Questions for Sleepaway Camp

by Tanni Haas, Ph.D. You’ve gone online, asked everyone you know for recommendations, and otherwise searched for sleepaway camps for your kids. How do you find the one that’s just right for them? When you’ve narrowed down the options to a handful or less, it’s time to...

Parents Ask: Sleepaway Camps

Tanni Haas, Ph.D. Q. My children are ages 9 and 11 and they have several friends who have gone to overnight camps. My children seem interested but neither my husband or myself ever attended overnight camp when we were kids. I am wondering if this is something I should...