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How We Can Help Our Anxious Teens Live Heroic Lives
There seem to be more teenagers than ever before living with a debilitating degree of anxiety. A study by the National Institute of Health recently showed that one in three teenagers will experience an anxiety disorder, and anxiety is now considered the number one...
How Housing Works at OTC for Transgender Campers
Just as gender identity can feel complicated, housing at camp for transgender and gender diverse teens can feel that way as well. I remember ten years ago when the first openly transgender kids starting coming to camp everyone's big question was, “where are we going...
How My Twice Exceptional Teen Became a Happy Camper
A mom recently wrote about her son Fen's experience at camp. He's been coming to OTC for the past five years. Fen is one of the most original, interesting and hilarious campers who has come to camp. He's not always the easiest and when he first came to camp he seemed...
Top Ten Things I’ve Learned About 2e (Twice Exceptional) Teens
I’ve been learning about twice exceptionality (2e) from some moms whose 2e teens come to camp. They are great advocates for their own children and for all 2e kids. I’m particularly grateful to Kim Pine who wrote an informative post about her 2e son's camp experience...
The Dark Tunnel of Adolescent Evolution (Part 2): What Does “Staying in The Game” Look Like For Parents?
As I continue my discussion in video 2 with therapist Amy Frisch, who has been leading groups for teenage girls for twenty years, Amy offers some great advice for parents (none of which will necessarily be easy to follow). [click_to_tweet tweet="All the...
What Makes a Great Camp Counselor?
My friend Neil and I were talking about camp the other day and he said that when he was looking for a camp for his son years ago he only got to meet the camp Directors. While it may have been somewhat helpful, he knew that ultimately it would be his...
Passionately Becoming True to Ourselves at Summer Camp
The following post comes from Phoebe, a current camp counselor, that she wrote about attending Odyssey Teen Camp as a teen. Phoebe's passion for our loving community shines through here in a way that's different from the typical posts we share on our blog, and we...
Social Anxiety and Shyness as an Invitation to The Great Unknown
Every month I receive calls from concerned parents whose teenagers have been diagnosed with social anxiety. They see their teenager spending too much time alone, having trouble making friends, seeming depressed, etc. It's easy to understand why parents are very...
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