Top 10 Staff Survival Tips

1. Don’t give campers sugary drinks right before bedtime!
2. The campers will learn on the first day of camp how many “No’s” they can expect of you.
3. Don’t expect to be able to enforce rules you are not willing to follow yourself.
4. You can’t burn the candle at both ends & expect to function properly. Get enough sleep EVERY night.
5. Be firm, be fair, be consistent.
6. When you’re angry or upset, breathe deeply and count before you speak. Not to 10, but as high as it takes to get your emotions under controI.
7. Take ownership of your actions.
8. Kids don’t have good brakes. Sometimes, YOU must supply the braking power.
9. Ask questions.
10. Sometimes you have to punt.