summer camps

Business and finance camps aren't just for the nerdy and precocious anymore. Because, let's face it: The survival skill your child is most likely to need isn't knowing how to build a lean-to -- it's understanding how mortgages work. And these camps make learning those skills fun.

As parents begin to sort out summer camp options for young ones, this year the Better Business Bureau cautions families to look beyond a glossy brochure and friendly sales pitch to make sure the camp they have in mind is safe, well-supervised, and not a money trap. "Many parents don't know that...

Somehow, I missed out on the joys of summer camp, unless you count watching Bill Murray in Meatballs about 700 times during my youth, and learning how to walk in time and play a baritone under the hot sun during two summers of band camp. Both--Bill Murray and band camp--were fun, but I've often...

Kids may well count the days until summer vacation, but their parents are dreading it. That's because when school's out, camps are in. And we've got to find a way to pay for it somehow.Time was, summer meant three months of running free, finding ways to kill hot summer afternoons at the community...