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When Our Twins Went to Camp for the First Time, We Went to Las Vegas

Earlier this month, my 10-year-old twins went to sleepaway camp for the first time — the same Southern California camp I attended for 11 summers in the ’80s and ’90s. It’s a place where I know magic happens, and I knew it would be an important (and hopefully also joyful)…

I Loved Sleep-Away Camp; I Feel Bad I Don’t Give My Kids the Same

I spent several summers lazing at home, watching movies with my family, and swinging with abandon at the playground with my friends.Eventually, my mother suggested sending me to an overnight camp. I had never been away from my parents for more than a night, and the camp, about a four-hour…