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The Book of Mistakes: 9 Secrets to Creating a Successful Future, Skip Pritchard In this episode, I interviewed Skip Prichard for my podcast, and I'm feeling so inspired! The Book of Mistakes would be an awesome audiobook to listen to with your teenage kids or read-aloud book for camp! The Book of Mistakes: 9 Secrets…

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Yosemite Sierra Summer Camp "We built in a culture to where there's many times during the day for a staff member to affirm a camper. And not for just what they look like, and not even for their achievements, but to go to a deeper level to where they are really affirming their character and…

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Catalina Island Camps "We really talk with our kids and with our counselors–even more so during training–about encouraging kids to make their own decisions." (Maria Horner) Maria & Tom Horner Video of the Catalina Island Camps interview with Maria Horner Catalina Island Camps Catalina Island Camps "We really talk with our kids and with our…

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Colvig Silver Camps "Processing is a big part of camp. You have to process everything for it to really settle in and within our time frame–four weeks–you really have time to do this." (Clay Colvig) Clay Colvig Video of the Colvig Silver Camps interview with Clay Colvig Colvig Silver Camps Colvig Silver Camps "Processing is…

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Tom Sawyer Camps "We are so fortunate we hear wonderful things from our parents. And one of them is the fact that kids got to take safe risks with caring adults." (Sarah Horner Fish) Sarah Horner Fish Video of the Tom Sawyer Camps interview with Sarah Horner Fish Tom Sawyer Camps Tom Sawyer Camps "We…

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In Episode 83, I'm chatting with parent educator Sloan Walsh. Sloan wrote an excellent post for me last spring on Raising Girls. Sloan, a previous elementary teacher and literacy specialist, has been teaching Parent Education at La Canada Presbyterian Church since 2001. She has worked with parents of children of all ages and has led…

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Jefunira Camp "I still wake up every morning, really grateful that this is what I get to do. I love everything about working in the camping world." (Jeff Gamble) Jeff Gamble Video of the Jefunira Camp interview with Jeff Gamble About Jefunira Jefunira Camp "I still wake up every morning, really grateful that this is…

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Walton's Grizzly Lodge Summer Camp "Our kids are all there [at camp] with different needs…and we really need to meet them right where they are." (Julie Walton) Julie Walton Video of the Walton's Grizzly Lodge interview with Julie Walton A Day At Walton's Walton's Grizzly Lodge Summer Camp "Our kids are all there [at camp]…

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Cheley Colorado Camps "They [Campers] are always building this really magical community because they are all striving to be the best person they can be." (Brooke Cheley-Klebe) Brooke Cheley-Klebe & husband Kurt Video of the Cheley Colorado Camps interview with Brooke Cheley-Klebe The Cheley Experience Cheley Colorado Camps "They [Campers] are always building this really…

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Bar 717 Ranch "So we take the middle high school and younger kids in separate groups and talk about: WHAT IS COMMUNITY? How are we going to live here? This is our home for these two weeks we are together. We talk about what that looks like, it terms of how we treat people." (Gretchen…

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