Camp a la carte

The Record (Bergen County, NJ) | July 20, 2006| | Copyright

RUTH MARCUS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
07-20-2006

Camp a la carte
By RUTH MARCUS
Date: 07-20-2006, Thursday
Section: OPINION
Edtion: All Editions

A DECADE AGO, Harvard sociologist Robert D. Putnam captured the increasing fragmentation and isolation of American society in his perfectly titled book: "Bowling Alone." At the sizzling height of summer, I'd like to offer up the kiddy corollary to Putnam's thesis: Camping Alone.

I'm not one of those Michael Eisner "All I Really Need to Know I Learned at Summer Camp" types. But I do have some very strong views about what camp should be:

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