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Benefiting From a Large Camping Tent

13 Aug 2010
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Are you planning to go out with your friends or your family to a camping trip? Are you planning to spend more than a day in the camping site? If you were, then you would certainly need a large camping tent. Why opt to use large camping tents for such types of camping trips? Aside from the fact that the said large camping tent could hold a large number of campers altogether, the said tent could also give better places for other camping things right within its care.

Large camping tents actually serve its best role when used to protect a large number of campers who are to stay in the campsite for a longer time. Obviously, such kind of campers are to stay in the area for some specific reasons that are focused on more than simply finding time to bond with others. They likely want to stay much longer in the area for some specific reasons that may involve responsibilities that are designated for them to complete. Hence, it could be understood that such options of camping activities would require for more spaces for things that are to be used by the campers.

Choosing a Comfortably Best Large Camping Tent

Every large camping tent, like other tents has its own features. Some are pop-up camping tents that are rather designed to be of the best most convenient feature in aiding the campers in creating or establishing their camping tents within minutes in an aim to reduce time pressure as well as reducing the effort that the campers need to utilize to establish the more traditionally made tents.

Other large camping tent includes the feature of having the material made to especially serve as windbreakers especially when the campers are making camp in a windy or cold area. The said feature of large camping tent products gives them an edge of gaining the attention of a much larger share of purchasers in the market.

Huge as they are, large camping tent choices are also noted for their features of lightness. This particular feature enables their portability aimed to make the transfer and the carrying of such tents much easier for the campers. Sure to say, large camping tent choices in the market most often than not come in different shapes and different features that are noted by the manufacturers as the main demands of their target market. Hence, choosing the right large camping tent should depend on the type of activity and the type of area that the campers are going to settle for their target days of camping.

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Helping Your Kids Kick Homesickness Blues While In Camp

11 Aug 2010
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Despite your child’s excitement and anticipation for summer camp, you should brace yourself for the onslaught of homesickness blues a few days (or even hours) after summer camp commences. According to experts, homesickness is normal and that this feeling affects roughly around 95% of campers – young and old alike.

What parents should remember is that even as summer camps offer tremendous adventure and fun activities, kids – especially first-timers – are still likely to miss their homes and parents. This separation anxiety is actually developmentally appropriate and is proof for parents that their children do want them around him/her.

And while homesickness is inevitable for most kids, parents can help prevent strong feelings of homesickness. Here are some ways to help your kids prepare for and/or cope from that away-from-home blues.

 

 

 

 

Do not force your kids to attend camp.

While attending camp helps develop a child’s personality, forcing your kids to attend camp when he is not ready will only strengthen that feeling of homesickness.

Talk openly about homesickness.

This step is especially helpful for parents whose kids are attending camp for the very first time. Talk openly about your child’s concerns and try to find out what his various concerns are. Once you’ve identified his concerns, reassure your child that camp is a great opportunity to learn new things, create new friendships and develop new skills. Highlight the advantages and all the fun things your child will experience. Assure him that he will have a nice time at camp and that your communication lines will remain open despite the distance.

Practice time away from home.

Weeks or days before the start of camp, parents can arrange a new practice visits to a friend’s or relatives’ house over the weekend or even just for the night. This way, your child will get a sense of how it feels like to be away from home and hopefully learn to find ways to cope with being on his own – even if it is only for a couple of hours. When the child is finally home, you can sit down with him and discuss how it felt to be away from home and what they can both do to help make the separation easier to bear for both the parent and the child.

Let him talk to friends who have prior camp experience.

One of the reasons why kids feel homesick – especially for first timers – is they have no idea what to expect in camp. Allowing him to talk to other kids who have been in similar camps can help lessen your child’s anxieties.

Simulate the camp experience with your child.

Try to do some role-playing and outdoor activities similar to those done at camp so your child can have an overview of what to expect. You can also make the role-playing a bit more fun by setting up a cabin-like atmosphere at home or by using flashlights to get ready for bed.

Practice some coping strategies such as writing a letter home, talking to their counselor or sibling or friend, reminding themselves of all the exciting things they were looking forward to doing at camp.

Avoid making pick-up deals with your child.

As parents, we usually fall into the trap of assuring our kids that if they feel homesick we can always go and pick them up. Experts believe that this does not help prevent homesickness in any way. In fact, doing so will send a very negative message to your child. It is like saying to your child that homesickness is something he probably won’t be able to deal with. What parents can do is find ways to help your kids overcome this strong feeling of homesickness. Nurture their ability to cope and never undermine your kid’s growing independence.

Dov Shapiro is owner and co-director of Camp Chateaugay, located on Adirondack Lakes in New York.

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Fat Camp: Going Beyond The Fat Label

31 Jul 2010
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A fat camp is a slang term for a type of program where overweight and obese children and teenagers are sent during the summer to lose weight. In todays politically correct environment, they are more gently referred to as a fitness and weight loss camp. The label of fat camp has changed because it lowers the self esteem of kids being sent to this type of recreational camp they were to attend during their summer vacation. Most of these fat camps are now offering fun and exciting weight loss programs that make losing weight a great and rewarding experience for its visitors.


Fat camps are usually located on a quiet beach, the mountains, or a secluded forest. The aim of this quiet location is to give the campers a peace of mind and a stress free environment that will make weight loss fun.


Fat camps nowadays typically provide nutrition classes, weekly weigh ins, and many more aerobic based classes. These camps enhance the health of the campers and raise their self confidence as well as teach them about how to live well in the outside world.


Fat camps have been proven to provide weight-loss results of two to six pounds per week on participants on average. In addition, overweight campers generally lose more of the expected weight in these programs. The effectiveness of these summer camps varies widely and usually depends on the quality of the individual program and biochemistry of the attending campers.


New programs focus on changing behavior through a combination of training on self-regulatory behaviors and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to ensure that weight loss persists long after campers return home. Most experts believe these are key elements of an effective program.


With todays video game era and the computer age, fewer and fewer children are at a healthy weight. The lifestyle of kids today is filled with fattening foods and less exercise. This is a trend that has steadily increased. In fact, has the number of obese children has tripled since the 1980s.


The approach to treating obesity in children has changed dramatically for the better. Proper education on individual eating habits has been the focus on these camps, in addition to their traditional fitness and weight loss programs. In todays fat camps, children are taught proper education in nutrition in order to avoid eating too much sugar and fat, which is the leading cause of obesity.


Many media programs now disseminate the information on the proven weight loss success of these camps. Parents are now able to send their children to the leading fitness and weight loss camps knowing their proven weight loss successes. The proliferation of fat camps means that there are now many convenient locations available that not only encourage fitness and fun, but also teaches the children proper nutritional education skills. Fat camps have been known to ingrain into the minds of children proper nutrition, which they can implement throughout their adult lives.


Many of the children return home from fat camps spreading the knowledge they have learned and change their families eating habits forever. There is now proliferation of stories of whole families, jointly losing as much as one hundred pounds, once the child returns home from their fun filled, summer retreat.


These camps go well beyond the fat camp mentality of the 1980s in which children are just put through strenuous exercise without changing their eating habits.

Matthew Stanton writes an article about Fat Camps and how it can benefit children and teenagers as well as their parents. This points out ideas to people on the advantages they get when they join a Fat Camp. Simply visit this website at Fat Camps

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My Checklist for Camping

22 Jul 2010
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When it comes to planning a camping trip, one of the first things you should do is pull out your handy-dandy my checklist for camping notes. If you don’t have such a checklist, then take the time to make one. All too often many campers will find out, after they arrive at their favorite camping hot spot, that they are without some important items that they really didn’t want to forget. Of course, many people think of the obvious stuff to pack for their camping adventure, but it’s those incidental things that usually come out and bite you. To prevent yourself from frustration when you begin setting up the camping site, take the time now to plan ahead and make, or breakout, that camping checklist.

One of the huge benefits to having a camping checklist is that it allows to you know what you have on hand versus what you’ll need to purchase. When you take the time to have a thorough list of the camping gear needed for your trip; you will have a much easier time getting prepared, not to mention the obvious thing, that you won’t forget important camping essentials. In addition to this, you’ll know exactly what you will have to purchase when you determine gear needs to be replaced. Often times we get to the store then forget exactly what we need and don’t need for our trip.

Creating a ‘my checklist for camping’ is easy to do and like was mentioned at the outset, you only need to do it once and you’ll be able to refer to it each time you’re ready for your next camping adventure. If doesn’t take very long to do, probably less that 20 minutes, just begin with the obvious camping gear than expand out from there. It’s also a great idea to imagine you’re going through the campsite, setting up the gear, etc. As you think of tools and accessories, write them down. Things will pop into your head from this exercise and before you know it, you’ll have a great camping checklist.

If you find that you want a little assistance with your camping checklist, you can find all kinds of camping templates online. Many of these will list the camping gear staples that you’ll definitely need. Once you find a list you like, copy and paste it into your favorite word processor and begin to add or modify it to suit your needs. Remember that not everyone will have the exact same items on their camping checklists. You need to be sure that for you everything is accounted for and will ensure that on your next camping will be one what goes off without a hitch and leaves you with great memories.

R.S. Leger is the author and owner of TentsNgear where you find interesting articles on enhancing your camping experience. See our most popular conversion tent, the SUV Tent, it will turn the most inexperienced camper into a camping enthusiast. We also carried the very popular Pickup Truck Tent for those when open boxes on their trucks.

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