Hudson Torn received her master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health from Wake Forest University and is currently pursuing a doctorate from The University of Southern California. Providing safe environments for kids to grow and try new things is more important than ever.Ĭeci Hudson Torn works currently as the CEO of Ethos Wellness. Imagine recess with a pool, water-front, blobs, inflatable obstacle course, water slides, mini golf, archery and riflery ranges, a horse program, mountain bikes, a gymnastic center, a crafts center and so much more.
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Photo courtesy Camp OTX A Safe Environment to GrowĪt Camp OTX, this growth can happen in simple things like allowing a camper to set their own course during Stampede, which is basically two and a half hours of structured free time where every activity in our beautiful facility is open. Self-reliance, problem-solving and confidence contribute to health and well-being. Camp provides a chance for face-to-face friendship in a setting focused on fun and outdoor adventure! An independent, adventurous, connected child is an empowered child. Camp gives kids a chance to be screen free and enjoy their friends in the camp environment by doing art, playing games, having meals and enjoying activities together. Often texting and social media are ways young people connect today. Photo courtesy Camp OTX Face-To-Face Friendship + Connection Summer camp is made to create friendship. An opportunity for adventure can build the courage to try, to participate without regard to the potential, and to give maximum effort. Self-confidence and a sense of feeling positive about what you do flows from knowing you can continue to build skills and overcome a fear of failure.
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Development and Fun Combinedįrom horseback riding to waterslides to high ropes and zip lines, summer camp is full of adventure.
Camp can help kids develop a healthy self-image and a feeling of being “valuable” to others. Summer camp can naturally create independence, can aid in a camper’s development of a positive, healthy self-esteem and a positive sense of self-worth. In this season of transition, the independence, adventure, friendship and connection to the great outdoors that summer camp brings is more important than ever. In the best of times, summer camp can be an amazing developmental and fantastically fun experience for kids. Professionally, I have seen the children and adolescents that I support therapeutically in my behavioral health work navigate these same disruptive patterns to the very things that have traditionally brought the structure and support and rhythm that is important to the development of children and families. We have launched our oldest daughter to Texas A&M, have navigated the no school, virtual school, in-person school dance with a few quarantine stints sprinkled in with our two daughters in high school, one son in middle school and youngest son in elementary. Photo courtesy Camp OTX Witnessing the StrainĪs a therapist, a behavioral health executive, a summer camp enthusiast and a mother of five, I have witnessed this strain first-hand. My husband Chris and I have walked this personally. Let’s be honest as adults, the whole thing has been emotionally and cognitively exhausting, and our children have been working this out with their own set of fears, disappointments and struggles. Virtual school, canceled dance recitals and youth sporting events, long stints of separation from grandparents and other important figures in their lives, and a constant stream of news and information about an unprecedented event in not only their young lives but also the lives of their parents continues to take its toll.
Our children have dealt with all the pandemic has brought in real time. March 2020 to March 2021, what a year for all of us! The collective stress, uncertainty and hardship has been heavy, especially for those of us who have young, developing humans in our care.Įmpirical data on the long-term physical and mental health implications of the pandemic is still to come, yet as parents, the data of our experience is already out.
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