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When your boy goes to camp, you’re not losing a son you’re gaining two lizards, a garter snake, and a chipmunk.

After 30 days of summer camp My kid returned to me: Nine shredded T-shirts, Eight garter snakes, Seven pounds of rocks, Six filthy towels, Five torn swimsuits, Four wet pajamas, Three live toads, Two cans of worms, And a rash from a poison-oak tree. Reader’s Digest, August 1977

After 12 long days, a mother at last received a letter from her nine-year-old, away at camp: “Dear Mommy, I love you very much but I have no time to miss you.” Reader’s Digest, August, 1983, page 118

Eleven-year-old Johnny went off to summer camp. His parents were somewhat worried when a week went by without a letter from him. During the second week they put in a long-distance, person-to-person call and held the phone for several minutes while he was being hunted. Finally they heard his voice, but…

A ten year old boy in summer camp wrote the following letter home to his parents: Dear Mom and Dad, Tonight we’re having a big bonfire and I’m in it. Your loving son, Bill Jokes, Jokes, Jokes, Jeannette Fidell

Here, in its entirety, is the text of a post card received by the parents of an eight-year-old camper: Dear folks, I knew all along that something awful was going to happen. Well, last night it did. Love, Jimmy Reader’s Digest, August, 1983, page 118

While a discussion doesn’t lend itself to direct influence, however, it is an ideal way to find out what others are thinking. There are a number of reasons leaders might seek this kind of feedback. They might be soliciting new ideas for the group. They may want some clues as to how others are responding…

All Circumstances In her book, THE HIDING PLACE, Corrie Ten Boom relates an incident that taught her to be thankful for things we normally would not be thankful for. Corrie and her sister, Betsy, prisoners of the Nazis, had just been transferred to the worst prison camp they had seen yet, Ravensbruck.…

Poor communication can led to all kinds of misunderstandings; A rather old fashioned lady, was planning a couple of weeks vacation in Florida. She also was quite delicate and elegant with her language. She wrote a letter to a particular campground and asked for reservations. She wanted to make sure the…