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There were tears. Not from my daughter, but from me. The entire time I was nervous and filled with anxiety…still not 100% sure if my daughter is ready to go to camp on her own. The bus windows were tinted and I could see a group of counsellors huddled around the area where my daughter was sitting. Then we saw a little head peak at the window with a smiling face waving at us!
My 4 year old is going to overnight camp for the first time. Two nights, three days on an island in Algonquin Park! Dave Graham from Camp Kandalore says that camp prepares kids to be resilient—teaches them to bounce back when things don’t go their way. What an incredible life skill to have. Sometimes, I wish I could go back to camp to grow another fresh layer of my own resilient skin…I want to make sure that I give my kids a head start!
Most people today would cringe at the stereotypical representation of the wife and daughter, confined to either their imagination or the kitchen. Society has changed so much since then that to think that a mother’s role was ever simply just a homemaker seems ridiculous. Yet, for some reason, the idea of the unattached authority-figure father is less shocking, even though it is equally untrue.
At what point do parents throw up their hands in frustration and say “Enough!”, we need help local resources just don’t seem able to provide? That question is one parents living with a troubled teen invariably find themselves asking. For some, the answer comes while completing an online survey created by the Venture Academy for [...]
Facebook Contest – CampNation Music Video Winner We are excited to announce the winner of our CampNation Video contest: Spencer Blake with his original song “Take it Slow”. Spencer grew up at Cairn (see Cairn’s listing on camps.ca) and this summer he is working as their head of Adventure Programming. Spencer has won our grand prize: a Toshiba laptop and [...]
Facebook Contest – CampNation Music Video Winner We are excited to announce the winner of our CampNation Video contest: Spencer Blake with his original song “Take it Slow”. Spencer grew up at Cairn (see Cairn’s listing on camps.ca) and this summer he is working as their head of Adventure Programming. Spencer has won our grand prize: a Toshiba laptop and [...]
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