Hints In Picking a Coed Summer Camp

By: Lonnie Lorenz

Consider Sex When picking A Summer Camp
<BR><BR>"Our world has 2 genders...we are not alone," As Director of Swift Nature Camp, a coed camp summer camp in Wisconsin, I will tell you that coed camps prepare children for the real world. Our goal is to guide children with their interpersonal skills in healthy ways. We want our campers to be friends with the other sex and learn how to be a friend rather than always think from the gender-role stereotypes that are learned at school and from advertising. Boys have an opportunity to see girls as leaders and athletes; girls see boys in nurturing, expressive roles. It is important that coed camps set the boundaries for the children and stop any flirtation and flaunting while promoting opportunities for respectful relationships and true personal growth. We work hard with our staff to ensure that they are good role models nonromantic, polite, genuine male-female interactions we want campers to follow.
<BR><BR>A boys or girls camp provides kids an experience that is different than they get in school , yet uniquely supportive. A single-gender summer camp let children see balanced role models without the distractions of romance. Boys interact with men who are both understanding and strong, assertive and attentive. Girls interact with women who are both tenacious and tender, confident and caring. At a single-sex camp, Kids can be themselves, they don't have to worry about how the other gender sees them. During their time at camp they have had a chance to increase confidence and understanding and are ready to go back to the real world. Yes it is true that a boys camp will tend to promote masculinity while a girls camp will tend to promote femininity . It is important staff are trained and these attributes are presented in a balanced way. All in all its important that the atmosphere promotes an environment where boys and girls feel an enhanced sense of emotional safety.
<BR><BR> At a single-sex camp, youth can be themselves, they don't have to worry about how the other gender sees them. Girls interact with women who are both tuff and tender, confident and caring. Boys interact with men who are both strong, understanding and assertive . At a single-sex camp, children see balanced role models and avoid romantic distractions, can really promote personal growth. During their time at camp they have had a chance to increase confidence and understanding and then are ready to go back to the coed world. Single-sex camps tend to promote that which is stereotypically feminine and stereotypically masculine. staff are trained to keep attitudes in check such as bravado and machismo at a boys' camp or gossip and diffidence at a girl camp. The bottom line is that the atmosphere promotes an environment where boys or girls feel an enhanced sense of emotional safety.
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