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Helping Him Help Himself: 6 Strategies for Your Son to Manage Homesickness at Camp

Posted by: Francie Campbell, Birch Rock Trustee & Parent

While our counselors are wizards at nurturing campers, it is a wonderful thing for a boy to have his own toolkit for building resilience. Before the trunk is dropped off […]

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