Creating a Safe Camp Experience for Your Child with Food Allergies

As a parent of a teen with food allergies, I find the thought of sending him to camp rather daunting. My thoughts go directly to food fights, teen counselors who are there for all the wrong reasons, kids running wild, and kissing! Of course, these wild thoughts are courtesy of the countless summer camp movies I have watched and not based on reality. I hope. Sending any child to camp is nerve-wracking enough; add food allergies to the mix, and it only increases the anxieties. No matter what kind of camp you send your child to—band camp, Girl Scout or Boy Scout camp, half-day or…  Read in browser »