Ep. 174: The Magic of Camp (Happy Campers Book Excerpt)
HAPPY CAMPERS: 10 Summer Camp Secrets for Raising Indendent, Capable Kids Who Become Thriving Adults Learn ways to better connect with your kids, implement positive parenting practices, and help your family thrive, all during your busy days at home, at work, or on the go. Let HAPPY CAMPERS serve as a resource you’ll refer back…
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Camp Secret #1: Connection Comes First
If you enjoyed listening to Secret #1: Connection Comes First (the first chapter), the audiobook version of Happy Campers: 10 Summer Camp Secrets for Raising Independent, Capable Kids Who Become Thriving Adults is available at Audible & Apple Books.
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Three Good Things
Sharing three good things with each other during daily family sharing is a great way to connect AND grow gratitude. It’s simple. During sharing time, each person shares three good things that happened in their day OR three things they’re grateful for. This gratitude exercise (when written down) has been proven to reduce depression symptoms.…
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Highs, Lows, and Buffaloes
What do kids choose to share about their friendships, camp experiences, time at school, and other life experiences? Sometimes, not much. An activity we do during nightly campfires at camp is an excellent way to get kids to share, and it’s also an easy family sharing habit that leads to better communication and connection. Highs…
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Connection Tip #1: Full Attention
“It’s the little, ordinary parts of our family life that our kids will remember. The feeling of what it was like to be home and to belong.” –Happy Campers Secret #1: Connection Comes First Kids need our full, undivided, undistracted attention for at least a few minutes every day. As little as TWO minutes a day…
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Before Breakfast Podcast – Tips from Happy Campers Book!
Ideas from Happy Campers featured on Laura Vanderkam’s Before Breakfast podcast. Listen below or wherever you listen to podcasts. Greet people with a smile (February 20, 2020) Leave an encouraging sticky note (February 23, 2020) Practice friendship Skills (March 1, 2020)
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Are You a Book Club Kind of Person?
There are some amazing book club groups that read one book per month and then reliably get together on the second Tuesday of each month for dessert and coffee to discuss the book. I love reading, and I love talking about books, but I was a miserable failure when I tried to be part of…
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Happy Campers Book Giveaway on Goodreads August 1-31!
Goodreads Book Giveaway Happy Campers by Audrey Monke Giveaway ends August 31, 2019. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway
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Happy Campers Quote Gallery
Happy Campers: 9 Summer Camp Secrets for Raising Kids Who Become Thriving Adults Coming May 7
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