If your teen is looking for a new challenge this summer, here are some choices in books you can use to find it. These books make an excellent starting point for conscientious parents who want to find a summer camp or program that is beneficial to their teen’s future successes.
1. The 500 Best Ways for Teens to Spend the Summer
Many 'summer camp' books feature sports and/or musical camps, which is useful to many teens. But, this book has none of those. The programs listed in this book focus on unique experiences that will broaden your teen's scope of the world.2. Peterson's Summer Opportunities For Kids and Teenagers
A wonderful book full of useful research on a variety of summer camps and programs. I love the 'At-a-Glance' chart. I suggest you have your teen take a look and pick some programs. Then you can use this chart to narrow it down together.3. Yale Daily News Guide to Summer Programs
This book offers advice on how to find programs that meet your teenager's expectations and goals. Over 500 program listings organized by type of program, athletic, outdoor, etc.
4. The Summer Camp Handbook
The Summer Camp Handbook: Everything You Need to Find, Choose and Get Ready for Overnight Camp and Skip the Homesickness is for parents of young teens who are going into their first overnight camp experience.