Refining Resilience
June 12, 2013
When I think of resilience, 7-8 year-old girls with ruined craft projects generally do not come to mind. Young artists are generally quite particu...
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Sending Champions into the World
June 11, 2013
Yesterday, Susie Ma’am and I received an email from Kate Hutson, the woman who served as the Division Leader of our youngest girls last summer. She i...
Honoring a Fellow Camp Geek
April 29, 2013
At this moment, I am airborne on my way to Chicago for the board meeting of the American Camp Association (ACA). I am particularly excited about this ...
My Parents Aren't Cool!
March 21, 2013
“My parents aren’t cool!” - Liam Baskin Every now and then, you get a comment from your children than makes you think you are doing something right...
Creating Advantage in College
March 21, 2013
When I started my career as a camp director in 1993, my mother (the “Silver Fox”) shared the following thought with me: “summer camp is like college, ...
Teaching Teens to Lead
March 21, 2013
This is one of my most recent blogs for Psychology Today. Our nation values leadership, but we do not teach it well. Colleges place a strong empha...