{"id":1298,"date":"2020-02-15T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T17:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lakeowego.com\/blog\/?p=1298"},"modified":"2020-04-13T13:57:34","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T18:57:34","slug":"let-children-get-bored-again-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lakeowego.com\/blog\/let-children-get-bored-again-2","title":{"rendered":"Let Children Get Bored Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

We believe that a good, traditional overnight camp isn\u2019t meant to be an amusement park. We believe that the best programs and evening activities aren\u2019t ones with flashy lights, shiny things and outside entertainment. Living simply, in a wooden cabin, listening to the sounds of nature, creating outstanding programming using very little but the imagination, living tech free, focusing on each other, makes camp a place that can uniquely give the gifts of confidence, community, self reliance, resourcefulness, creativity, and grit. Though camp is action-packed for sure, the most magical part is what happens beyond swimming lessons, soccer games, horseback riding and everything in between.<\/p>\n

Here’s a link to a great NY Times article, Let Children Get Bored Again<\/a>, that shares a similar sentiment.<\/p>\n

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