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Parents ask a version of the same question every spring: will this camp actually help my child socially, or will it just keep them busy for eight weeks? It's a fair question. Not every activity builds social skills the same way, and not every camp...
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Most camps will tell you their program is "age-appropriate." Fewer can show you what that actually means for a five-year-old versus a ten-year-old...
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Parents of four- and five-year-olds face a particular challenge when evaluating summer camp options: most programs describe themselves in ways that...
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Families near Lower Merion have more summer camp options than ever, which sounds like a good thing until you're 45 minutes into comparing program...
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Most day camps run from roughly 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Most working parents don't clock out until 5:00 or 5:30 PM. That two-hour gap, multiplied across...
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Every parent who has dropped a kindergartener off at camp on Monday and picked up a noticeably more confident kid on Friday has witnessed something...
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The morning tears at drop-off are one of the hardest parts of sending a child to camp for the first time. Your kid is clinging to your leg, the...
5 min read
Finding summer camps near Lower Merion is straightforward enough when you have one child. Finding a program where a five-year-old and a...
5 min read
You've narrowed the list to a few camps. The websites look similar. The photos are cheerful. The descriptions sound great. What separates a good fit...
5 min read
Every summer, well-meaning parents sign up a child for a camp that looks great on paper — and then spend July fielding tearful pickup calls and...
4 min read
Parents ask a version of the same question every spring: will this camp actually help my child socially, or will it just keep them busy for eight weeks? It's a fair question. Not every activity builds social skills the same way, and not every camp...
Read More
4 min read
Most camps will tell you their program is "age-appropriate." Fewer can show you what that actually means for a five-year-old versus a ten-year-old...
5 min read
Parents of four- and five-year-olds face a particular challenge when evaluating summer camp options: most programs describe themselves in ways that...
5 min read
Families near Lower Merion have more summer camp options than ever, which sounds like a good thing until you're 45 minutes into comparing program...
4 min read
Most day camps run from roughly 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Most working parents don't clock out until 5:00 or 5:30 PM. That two-hour gap, multiplied across...
5 min read
Every parent who has dropped a kindergartener off at camp on Monday and picked up a noticeably more confident kid on Friday has witnessed something...
6 min read
The morning tears at drop-off are one of the hardest parts of sending a child to camp for the first time. Your kid is clinging to your leg, the...
5 min read
Finding summer camps near Lower Merion is straightforward enough when you have one child. Finding a program where a five-year-old and a...
5 min read
You've narrowed the list to a few camps. The websites look similar. The photos are cheerful. The descriptions sound great. What separates a good fit...
5 min read
Every summer, well-meaning parents sign up a child for a camp that looks great on paper — and then spend July fielding tearful pickup calls and...
