by Danielle du Plessis | Mar 17, 2022 | Camp Culture
It’s not easy to send your teen away for a week, but the built-in benefits of overnight camp are hard to deny. I achieved a parenting milestone last year: My daughter attended her first week long overnight holiday camp. My wife and I celebrated this child-free overlap...
by Danielle du Plessis | Mar 17, 2022 | Camp Culture
Reading lies at the foundation of all literacies and, in an era of increased digital consumption, information overwhelm and fake news, we are losing a sort of psychic habit, a logic, a sense of complexity, an ability to spot contradictions and even falsity. Currently...
by Danielle du Plessis | Mar 15, 2022 | Teen Insight
The Big Question: Who Am I? Adolescence is a period of discovery and a time to shape identity. This phase, through which we all pass in our journey from childhood to adulthood, is filled with questions to be answered and meanings to be found. It is exciting beyond...
by Danielle du Plessis | Mar 15, 2022 | Teen Insight
High School is challenging for so many reasons. Academics become more difficult. Schedules fill up with activities. And, in what might be the most treacherous terrain for kids and parents alike, friendships in school change. Jessica Lahey, author of The Gift of...
