Why should you send your kids to summer camp? The Yale Child Study Center recently released the results of a study on the benefits camp provides to kids. Parents saw improvements in a number of areas, and we've combined those statistics into a fun, easy-to-read infographic about the benefits of summer camp!

1. Based on a survey by the
YALE CHILD STUDY CENTER
In the summer of 2012, 254 families from 12 camps
around the world participated in a post-camp survey, to
help determine the LASTING POSITIVE CHANGES in campers
following camp attendance.
Percent of Parents who noticed increases in the following areas:
83% INCREASE
in
CONFIDENCE
74
Percent saw an
INCREASE
IN
INDEPENDENCE
8 OUT OF 10
SAW AN
INCREASE in
SELF-ESTEEM
CAMPER - RATED
HAPPINESS
WAS SIGNIFICANTLY
HIGHER AFTER CAMP
REPORTED AN
INCREASE
in
STILL
ON
TARGET!Positive changes were maintained
AFTER 6 MONTHS
INTEREST in
5 COOL
BONUS FACTS!
" DECREASES IN FREQUENCY OF
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
" DECREASES IN ILLNESS-RELATED STRESS AND
PTSD SYMPTOMS
" INCREASES IN POSITIVE COPING STRATEGIES
" INCREASES IN FRIENDSHIP SATISFACTION
" AFTER 6 MONTHS, MOST RESILIENCE-
RELATED INDICATORS MAINTAINED
INCREASED LEVELS.
Special thanks to SeriousFun Children’s Network
for sharing this study:
https://www.seriousfunnetwork.org/serious-
impact/research
And to the Child Study Center at Yale University
School of Medicine for conducting it!
NOTICED AN
76%
98%
58%
48%
72%
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
INCREASED
CAMPERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ALSO REPORTED:
MATURITY