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Nurturing the Teen Spirit While Living in a Uncertain World

By Adam Simon | May 10, 2018 |
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  One of the things that struck me in this segment (#7) with Amy is the importance of recognizing that while teenagers may look and sound like adults, they are not. Our world may feel more unpredictable and more dangerous than ever, and kids may grow up quicker than ever, but we still need to…

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Thoughts on Gender and How Kids Can Help us Grow if We Allow it to Happen

By Adam Simon | May 9, 2018 |
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  I love this segment with Amy. It’s short, but she touches on several things we, as parents, would be well served to keep in mind. When talking about gender and sexuality, Amy says, almost as an aside …   I love that she said that, and it is something I will keep in mind…

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It’s Not Your Journey: Giving Teens The Space to Navigate Their Lives

By Adam Simon | May 8, 2018 |
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  How can we allow teenagers to make their own decisions when we know what we know? In this last video in my eight-part series with therapist Amy Frisch, we get into some of the reasons why teenagers “twist the truth” and how we can help them self-navigate difficult situations. What does giving space look…

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Parenting Adolescents: Structure, Limits and Flowing With The Changing Tide of The Parent Child Relationship

By Adam Simon | May 8, 2018 |
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  Sometimes a metaphor can serve as a powerful way to illustrate an idea. In video 3 of my 8-part discussion with teen therapist, Amy Frisch, she compares parenting to the beach’s shoreline and how it shifts and changes, and how parents of teenagers need to shift and change like the ocean as their teens…

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Veteran Camper Turned Counselor Reflects on 15yrs at OTC

By Adam Simon | April 17, 2018 |
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Adam Simon on “the Georgios effect” One of the highlights of going to camp for me is getting to work with Georgios Tsangaris. Georgios came to camp when he was 15 for our first summer, and now he’s 31. He has only missed two years of camp during those sixteen years. Georgios knows our camp…

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A Non-Profit Overnight Summer Camp For Teens Ages 13-18
Located in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts.

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