In March of 2024, MTC received an email from an independent neuroscience lab, asking if we had any interest in enrolling in a study...

How the upcoming TikTok ban misses the point, what kids and teens need to undo the harms caused by exploitative apps, and why a device...

In May of 2023, the US Surgeon General called attention to the most serious public health threat of our time. Something he equated with...

There is a new digital divide, and it's very different to the old one. So...brain rot is Oxfords word of the year huh? Considered the...

By now (Fall, 2024) the mental health and other challenges faced by young people are mainstream topics of conversation. I am sure there...

Apologies up front. This blog post is not going to be about what you might think from that title. It is about all three of those things,...

Sitting at a very quiet MTC, 2 days post-staff departure, still picking up the mountains of lost and found from summer 2024, it is a...

Heading into the summer, I’ve been thinking (and talking) a lot about how summer camp fits into the wider culture in 2024. Camps have...

Last Friday, we in Maine, and many, many others around the world were treated to a spectacular, and rare, night sky event. The Aurora...

There was an essay on the After Babel substack last week titled "A time we never knew" about Gen Z nostalgia for a childhood they never...

Jon Haidt's new book "The Anxious Generation", was published last month. It's arrival has generated intense interest, stoked some...

There is a lot happening at 481 Brownfield Rd this off-season, in preparation for summer 2024. We're very pleased with the amount of...

The roots of organized camping run deep in the rocky soils of Maine. For over 125 years now, young people have packed trunks and bags,...

One recent afternoon - cinematically lit, suitably chilly, fine and clear autumn perfection - I was working outdoors at camp and letting...

A Culture of Safety Earlier this year, the American Camp Association Magazine “Camping” ran an excellent article by well-known...

Camp – it’s not about politics It would not be a particularly good idea to write a post about politics for a summer camp blog, especially...

Nature – the importance of the natural world on human well-being has been seriously undermined. Camp gives kids and an opportunity to...

Ch. 1: How Does Community Fit in to Teen Development? The role of the Individual within the community is a key part of self-expression,...