Summer Matters.
A short piece every Tuesday on what makes kids actually flourish. Every issue is here, newest first.
2026
- Get Engaged! (And I don't mean married)
- The other 50% of camp counseling
- Vibes >>> Content
- The Hidden Curriculum Camp Science Fair
- How to get kids to camp?
- AI is the greatest thing to happen for camps
- Can you be Dirtbag Rich?
- GREAT staff training (an acronym that kinda works)
- Will this guy ruin camp?
- 400 camp people, one broken projector
- I bought a camp (yes, you read that right)
- What Tri-State says about summer camps
- Staff training is hats, haircuts, and tattoos
- The Summer Camp Hall of Fame
- Burn a hole in their camp memory
- Camp on a Frozen Lake
- The Super Summer Camp Staff Training Video
- How to win at camp conferences
- Camp Kids at Winter Weekend
- Camp place + camp people > camp programming
- Camp + career isn’t an either/or
- Camp is all about friction-maxxing
- Camp is school for social skills
- Why "Enroll Now" doesn't always work for camp
- Why "Enroll Now" doesn't always work for camp
- New Year, all camp
2025
- If it's only Hidden, it's not a Curriculum
- What's the right age to come to camp?
- 5 ways to get s@#$ off your camp plate
- Is my kid ready for camp?
- 5 things I already love about K&E
- 600 days of summer
- Camp data that matters
- Camp parents respond, years later
- Do you know the Hidden Curriculum?
- Feel guilty no matter what
- I need 300 committed camp families
- Kids love camp
- Mickey's Kids Today!
- Milk and cookies!
- Screen-free Summers
- Talking camp at a bar in Dallas
- The greatest summer camp movie
- The people who built the camp foundation
- The right way to burn a rope
- The three agreements
- The triangle of expertise
- Time To Fun = TTF
- Turning 'What's happening?!' into 'I've got this!’
- Was supposed to record camp YouTube videos
- What do you want from this summer?
- What if the healthiest place on Earth isn't a gym?
- What was I worried about?
- What your kids told us about phones at camp
- When winning matters (and when it doesn't)
- Stop apologizing for what you know
- A dinosaur ate cars at camp
- The secret to living longer
- Childhood has range
- What to think about phones at camp
- What did you screw up this summer?
- Summer camp is a ridiculous business
- You are the childhood expert
- The only camp data I care about this summer
- It’s not a mid-summer camp slump
- The best thing I did this summer
- What’s the Point of THIS Camp?
- What do you do all day?
- How does this really work at camp?
- What do you want from this summer?
- Hidden Curriculum vs. Uncertainty
- How to disagree (at camp or in the real world)
- How to Help Kids Thrive Without Stickers, Stars, or Bribes with Dr Richard Ryan
- Let’s talk about cell phones
- Staff who are too cool for school
- The worst arts & crafts session ever
- Train your staff for Day 1 (and only Day 1?)
- What I’m worried about this summer
- What we get wrong about competition
- Joy Is a Superpower - Why Dr. Meena Julapalli Prescribes Play
- Your staff don't have to suck at tough conversations
- What if uncertainty is the point?
- What kind of camp are you marketing?
- Let's have a camp conversation
- You are the anxiety antidote
- Why Kids Need More Freedom – Peter Gray on Play, Education & Mental Health
- Anxiety is Lying to You - Here’s How to Beat It
- The Future Is Human: Why Camp Still Matters in an AI-Driven World with Scott Brody
- Summer Camp the New Old Neighborhood
- Inspiring Autonomy, Belonging, and Confidence with Sylvia van Meerten
2024
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