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Parenting
fromwww.businessinsider.com
23 hours ago

I ran a life skills camp for middle school kids. They learned to do laundry, cook dinner, and navigate Chicago without phones.

Kristin Howard founded 'Going Up,' a camp teaching life skills to middle schoolers, emphasizing childhood independence and resilience in 2024.
Parenting
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

I wasn't sure if my daughter was ready to sleep over at a friend's on her own. I decided to join her.

A parent attended her daughter's first sleepover to ease both her and her friend's anxieties, resulting in a successful experience that led to reciprocal sleepovers between families.
Digital life
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

7 things kids did after school in the 90s that feel almost impossible today - Silicon Canals

Unstructured, unsupervised childhood freedom in the 1990s fostered risk assessment, independence, and practical problem-solving through outdoor play and autonomy.
fromwww.theguardian.com
9 months ago

At American summer camps, kids get a glimpse of their future. That's what made the horror in Texas so crushing | Emma Brockes

Among the many dreams that the US offers its citizens, there's this: that the American child, around the age of eight, will go to sleep-away camp a few hours from home and begin one of the key formative experiences of their life.
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