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Research options now for summer campers

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Date Added: 03-09-2011

North Shore News - March 9, 2011

I am a fan of a summer camp experience for children.

This is not surprising because research shows that 90 per cent of people who went to a residential camp also send their children and being that my husband and I were childhood campers and counsellors, you can bet our kids attended.

I would add that camping helps children to move along the road to being capable adults. In my book, But Nobody Told Me I'd Ever Have to Leave Home, I say: "summer camp is a golden opportunity for our children to develop independence. Camp is great because it's designed to meet the developmental needs of your children, with challenges and opportunities appropriate to their age."

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