Sunshine Parenting

In Episode 94, I talk about why I wrote my new book, Happy Campers- Nine Summer Camp Secrets For Raising Kids Who Become Thriving Adults, why I changed to a 'less is more' style of parenting, how the book is set up, who I wrote the book for, how I want people to use the book, and what we're going to be doing in the Happy Campers Book Club this summer! Why I wrote Happy Campers I wrote Happy Campers because I've had a lifelong interest in child development and positive psychology, and just understanding what makes people flourish. A lot of the things we do at summer camp can be taken home and used at home to help kids just connect with each other and with their parents, and have a lot more fun at home. I realized, about five years into parenting, that I needed to bring more of my camp techniques home. And really simple things that we train our camp counselors to do, parents can easily bring home. I've been noticing in the past few decades, it just seems like kids and parents are struggling a lot more with all