Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Summer Camp Ghost Stories Another Victim Of Helicopter Parenting

From Atlas Obscura: "The Tale of the Vanishing Summer Camp Ghost Story" (2024). The article notes that "[a] 2015 study found that about a third of camps prohibit ghost stories, while only a fraction encourage them. Camp staff cite concerns over potentially traumatizing children and the desire to make camp fun rather than scary." It could have only gotten worse since then. 

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Original Hardy Boys E-Books

Here is something that home schoolers and those just interested in a bit of nostalgia might enjoy.   One of my sons stumbled across a site t...