Connect Before You Direct - with JJ Jupp - The A-Parently Podcast #11

Does it ever feel like parenting is a constant struggle between making the intentional and competent choices that parenting experts always tell us about and just telling your child what needs to be done because it's faster?As our lives get busier and busier, making connections and slowing down feels like a gargantuan task with no place to start."It doesn't have to be!" says our guest, JJ Jupp from Camp Wenonah.This episode is PACKED with practical and realistic tips for families to take home some of the "secret sauce" of summer camp, where kids and staff aren't constrained by a tight schedule.How does JJ know? She not only uses these tips in her work at camp, but at home with her two kids.Tune in find out why "connect before you direct" and "frame things in the positive" will be your new two favourite phrases.-JJ’s life focus has been summer camp since she first attended overnight camp at YMCA Camp Wanakita when she was nine years old. For close to 30 years, JJ has worked tirelessly to create emotionally and physically safe places for children and adults to become and to belong. With summer camp and outdoor education as her vehicles, JJ’s mission is to help create a world where people accept one another across differences, where people lead others with confidence and humility, and where we love, cherish, and protect the earth. JJ has directed at Ontario summer camps for 25 years including over ten years each at Camp Arowhon/The Camp Arowhon Outdoor Centre, and Camp Wanapitei.One of JJ’s favourite things in life is facilitating experiences and training sessions. As a professional facilitator, JJ has been a diversity trainer (for the City of York) and has guided workplace culture transformation in varied corporate and non-profit settings.She plays a mean alto sax in a street band, gets seasick on backyard swings, is happiest in forests or on the water, and is addicted to learning and improving.When not at camp, JJ and her husband Woody (Eoin Wood) live in Guelph, Ontario with their kids, Anna (18) and Charlie (11), their two dogs, and four backyard chickens.The A-Parently Podcast is made possible by the following incredible North American Summer Camps:Birch Trail Camp for GirlsCheley Colorado CampsLiberty Lake Day CampNorth Star Camp for BoysCamp Wawenock for Girls