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Arowhon Campers Making the World a Better Place
Our camper Noah Cohn has been organizing a bottle drive to raise money for people in need in Cuba. He will be delivering humanitarian aid (medicine, medical supplies, sports equipment and maybe even some chocolate!). His primary objective for the bottle drive is to raise enough money to purchase a wheelchair for the community. ($350)… Noah […]
ContinueHow Parenting Changes Us!
When we talk about parenting – which of course we parents do ad nauseum – we talk about the kids. When we do talk about ourselves – which is rare – it’s pretty much always about us only insofar as we bounce off them, for better or for worse. They did this, so I…. But […]
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How can we miss you if you won’t go away?
In her Globe and Mail essay, Catherine Brennan calls cell phones “the adult version of the baby monitor” for supervising kids and teens. Although she acknowledges the difficulty for a parent of sending a child into the unknown, she claims that kids “need that repeated practice – from sleepovers to summer camp to extended school […]
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What do DisneyWorld, Zappos and Camp Arowhon have in common?
I heard a radio documentary about training incredible staff. They talked about the superb staff at DisneyWorld, and how Disney’s staff training is the best there is – Every single staff comes out of that training living the Disney ideals (like that or not). They also talked about Zappos, the internet clothes and shoes giant. […]
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How do Bunk Notes Work?
Ever wondered how Bunk Notes work? Find out from Camp Director Joanne Kates HERE
Continue10 Reasons Why Businesses Should Hire Former Camp Counselors
From the American Camp Association, by Anne Archer Yetsko: When I speak with friends who work in other industries, I always tell them that if you have an applicant who has been a camp counselor and has a positive reference from that camp, they should move to the top of that pile of applications that […]
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Regulating Emotions – a Life Skill our kids need
Regulating emotions is a dry expression used by psychological professionals to describe being able to calm down and not freak out for too long when you’re upset. It’s the difference between a five minute cry over a boo-boo (physical or emotional) and an hour-long drama. Nobody likes the latter. When grownups do it, it’s appalling […]
ContinueSharing Arowhon’s Social Safety Tool Kit With Other Camps
Hi Joanne, I hope you are great. I wanted to share with you that last week while attending a meeting of my colleagues from the other Reform camps, we were asked to share one ‘big idea’ from our camp for a friendly ‘big ideas competition’. I chose to share the Sociogram and the system we […]
ContinueNew research on perils of protective parenting
Do we over-protect our kids – at great cost to them? The Atlantic magazine has a superb new article on how over-protecting our kids actually harms them. The article is HERE
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When Being Called “Incredibly Good” is Bad for Children
A new study shows inflated praise can harm kids with low self-esteem COLUMBUS, Ohio – Parents and other adults heap the highest praise on children who are most likely to be hurt by the compliments, a new study finds. Researchers found that adults seem to naturally give more inflated praise to children with low self-esteem. […]
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