I was thrilled to see this summer camp photography comic strip from Edge City in a recent blog post. As we have discussed in CampNation (our podcast for summer camp directors and professional camp staff), camps are working to find a good balance between showing parents what is going on for their child at [...]
From the first day of school it’s the day that everyone looks forward to. Kids, Teachers alike. Maybe the parents, not so much, but I know the kids did for sure. They took everyday in. Appreciated it. Went through the yearly motions of the tests, field trips, sick days, snow days, late nights studying for [...]
Last night my husband and I attended a year end celebration for my younger son’s class. We ended up in a conversation with friends about our kids – the older child who is the more “stoic intellectual”, the younger child who is “spirited”. My husband noted that my younger lives up to his very Irish [...]
The recent global economic crisis is putting schools around the world at risk as influential interests are pushing governments to turn public services into private industries, which could be a great detriment to the people of the world already facing marginalization. So as the globe’s most powerful leaders come together at the G8 and G20 Summits this week in Huntsville and Toronto, Ontario, the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) along with student groups from Africa, Europe, Asia, the United States, Norway, Latin America, and the Arab world are raising their voices. Representing over 150 million students worldwide, they have issued a statement calling for leaders to recognize education as an essential public good, along with nutrition, health-care, and other social services.
Parents vigilant about educating their child about drugs and alcohol could inadvertently be supplying “drugs” powerful enough to kill the first time they are used. Surveys conducted in the US and Canada reveal that huffing (or inhalant use) is becoming one of the most widespread problems in North America and may be as popular as [...]
It was a tough weekend for me—more difficult then I thought. It was my first time letting my daughter stay overnight and in a new place. My daughter was bursting with excitement to share with us what she did at camp and the friends she met along the way.
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