by Aaron Heft, Assistant to the Directors at URJ Camp Kalsman
This article, originally posted on ReformJudaism.org, shares some awesome advice on how to discuss camp with your children!
After your child returns from camp and catches up on sleep, what do you ask to avoid the dreaded “We did fun stuff” response?
All parents ask, “Was it fun?” – and hopefully it was! But the camp experience should be bigger, broader, and deeper than just fun, and “fun” shouldn’t be the only measurement used to evaluate the experience.
The only time anyone learns anything is when they reflect on it – and so, in the days, weeks and months after your child returns home from camp, it’s time to start asking the important questions. What your child reflects on and pays attention to in the aftermath is what will likely live beyond the experience.
Aaron Heft is an assistant to the directors at URJ Camp Kalsman and a student at East Carolina University, where he studies conventions and special events planning. Aaron served as membership and communications vice president on North American Federation of Temple Youth‘s North American Board for the 2013-2014 year.