Want your girl to do more during her summer vacation than sit at home and become addicted to soap operas? You might think about planning a week or two at a girls camp. While she could learn important life lessons and have a great time at any summer camp, girls-only camps are great options for girls because the counselors at girls’ camps also strive to address issues specific to girls. If your daughter is the high adventure type, she does not have to worry about missing out on anything by attending a girls’ camp. There are girls-only camps for almost any activity or interest your daughter might want to pursue.
Some girls will tell you the best feature of a girls’ camp is that there are only girls there, no boys. In an environment with no boys, girls feel more free to participate in any activity they choose, such as swimming, without feeling uncomfortable around the boys. They don’t have to worry about boys laughing at them if they attempt an activity and don’t do as well as a boy might.
In this atmosphere, girls can participate in sports such as running, basketball, archery and range shooting without having to worry about competing...