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How to find the perfect summer camp for your child - episode 177

Episode Summary

Camp expert Risa Goldberg tells us how she helps parents find sleepaway camps, summer day camps, and teen travel programs - at no cost to the parents!

Episode Notes

When it’s time to consider summer day camp or sleepaway camp for your child, where do you start? We had a great conversation with camp expert Risa Goldberg, whose job is finding summer camps! And the best part? Parents don’t pay for her services. She gets to know the families she works with, asks them lots of questions about their kids’ likes and habits, and gives her recommendations. She spends her summers traveling to summer camps to see first hand what the camps are like, and gets feedback from families at the end of the summer. She does the legwork, and shares what she knows with other camp experts.

Listen to the episode to find out more about finding the right summer camp, plus our Bytes of the Week!

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This Week's Links

Intro (00:00:11)

Rebecca Levey, KidzVuz

Amy Oztan, Amy Ever After

Andrea Smith, technology guru extraordinaire

Risa Goldberg of Camp Experts

Interview with Risa Goldberg (00:01:05)

The Camp Experts & Teen Summers

Bytes of the Week (00:26:39)

The Trauma Floor, by Casey Newton — The Verge

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Do Not Disturb: How I Ditched My Phone and Unbroke My Brain, by Kevin Roose — NY Times

How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life, by Catherine Price

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