If I’m right the current year is 2009, but every now and then I’m reminded that a good majority of our society still lives in the 60′s. I was a completely astonished today by a news article that was presented out of Philadelphia. A day camp, The Creative Steps Day Camp, was denied the usage [...]

It’s summer time! Kids are out of school. They are excited about being able to sleep in, play video games all day, watch more TV and maybe go outside to play. Parents are scrambling to figure out what to do with these children that don’t have “free” child care [a.k.a. school]. Having PJ out of [...]

“When the minority children got in the pool all of the Caucasian children immediately exited the pool,” Horace Gibson, parent of a day camp child, wrote in an email. “The pool attendants came and told the black children that they did not allow minorities in the club and needed the children to leave immediately.” The [...]

What the hell happened?  I know it’s been 30 years, but so much has changed.  For me, a huge change is economic.  My parents didn’t have any money, so even if I wanted to go to camp, we could never have afforded it anyway.  Also, I only remember camps where you went away for a [...]