10/02/2016
Benefits of Camp: Skill Development !!!
How Parents View The Camp Experience ?
Why Is It Important To Send My Child To Camp?
Youth development experts agree that children need a variety of experiences in their lives to help them grow into healthy adolescents and adults. For children to develop positive behaviours, their experiences must produce:
** A sense of industry and competency
Do they develop skills? Do they learn to work for what is important? Are they successful at what they do?
** A feeling of connectedness to others and to society
Do they feel like they "fit"? Do they see a role they can play in their group, family, or community? Do they have friends?
** A belief in their ability to make decisions
Do they learn to make good choices? Do they see the results of their decisions?
** A stable identity
Camp can provide an excellent experience for your child to learn and develop. According to the Search Institute, young people have seven developmental needs:
Physical Activity
Competence and Achievement
Self-Definition
Creative Self-Expression
Positive Social Interactions
Structure and Clear Limits
Meaningful Participation
The camp experience is uniquely positioned to provide all of these developmental needs for children. Consider camp as the perfect partner to family, school, and community youth activities in helping your child learn independence, decision-making, social and emotional skills, character building and values - all in an atmosphere of creativity and enrichment under the supervision of positive adult role models.
In today's pressure-oriented society, camp provides a non-threatening environment for INDIA's youth to be active, to develop competence in life skills, to learn about and enhance their own abilities and to benefit from meaningful participation in a community designed just for them.
Yes, camp is for everyone! Don't let your child grow up without it!
