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Although camp can be an important part of a child’s development, we certainly realize that the family is critical as well. To help parents raise healthy children – to partner with parents, Camp Augusta is doing three things. One, we are providing a safe, healthy, community environment where kids can have fun, and learn a little while they’re here. Counselors write letters to the parents about their child’s experience so that there can be some continuity. Two, we have this component to our website with topics we hope you’ll find useful and fun. Three, we provide educational sessions to families during our family camp every year. More efforts to partner with parents are on the way.

Coaching Children's Behavior and Emotions
Curbing minor behavior issues quickly and effectively	There are many times when the child’s behavior does not really require “The Talk.” In less serious moments, there are a few tools that work better than others to get the situation back on track.
5 Approaches to Discipline	How does one correct maladaptive behavior without using punishment, guilt, rewards, or sidling up friendly like?
Success Counseling	Sequel to the “5 Approaches” article above. Gain a better understanding of how to coach children toward an internally desired, positive, future state.
Child’s Play
101 Things Every Child Should Do	Lists such as this are of course completely arbitrary, but they can still be fun, insightful, and useful as inspiration.
Games Without Electricity
Connections
More Child Development
40 Developmental Assets	They are positive experiences, opportunities, and personal qualities that all children and adolescents from many cultural backgrounds need to be responsible, successful, and caring. Learn what they are and how camp can help to foster some of them.
Self-esteem	Learn what self-esteem is and is not. Common misconceptions are also addressed.
Homesickness	95% of campers report some feelings of missing home. This is natural and normal. Learn more about homesickness and how to deal with it.
Communication Skills
Clean Communication	One hallmark of a healthy environment inside or outside of a camp is “clean communication.” Learn the six faces of dirty communication, and how to avoid them. Critical information for all interpersonal relationships.
Difficult Conversations Made Easier	Learn how you can say to yourself “I’m confident that I can bring up a difficult issue and have us both walk away happy, and with clear intentions for change.”
Communicating Emotion Intelligently	Learn several tools that will enable you to take aggressive and unhelpful statements/conversations and turn them toward positive and constructive ends. Turns daggers into flowers.
Other
5 Leadership Styles	This useful framework quickly identifies five common approaches toward leading others.
The Heart of Camping	Physical and mental elements of camps are often considered, but the heart of a camp is where the power, meaning, and connection often happen. Learn the benefits of finding a camp with heart, as well as how to pick out such a camp.
Wish, Wonder, and Surprise	Creators of any ilk entreat Wish, open to Wonder, and are readily tickled by Surprise. Learn what they are, how they are experienced in normal life by children and adults, how children experience them at camp, what is different about Wish, Wonder, and Surprise at camp, and how to enrich daily family life with Wish, Wonder, and Surprise.


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