Michael Jacobus has been a leader in the Summer Camp landscape for over 30 years. 3 years ago however, he started the 1st summer camp program in the world to treat unhealthy screen time overuse and gaming addiction.
reSET Summer camp is a 4-week immersive program out of Santa Barbara, California where youth are hosted on university campuses to experience what life might be like after leaving home to attend college or just getting out on their own in an apartment.
At the camp, the kids learn basic life skills from as simple as boiling an egg to financial literacy. It was such a deep dive of a conversation - from the role of dopamine in gaming creation to the role of parents in either enabling or disabling excess gaming use. What I really loved was hearing about the spark return in kids eyes who had previously been gaming for hours on end. Take a listen
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Resources
www.resetsummercamp.com - Registration link etc
Books quoted
Boys Adrift - Leonard Sax -The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men
https://www.amazon.com/Boys-Adrift-Epidemic-Unmotivated-Underachieving/dp/0465040829/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Boys+Adrift&qid=1621482340&sr=8-1