
Violet Piper
Writer for Slate, New York magazine, and Dazed, and program director at Camps Kenwood and Evergreen.
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Sep 29, 2026
Camping Out with Josh Johnson
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Talia SchlangerHOST
On the mental health topic, I think kids are way more equipped to talk about mental health needs and challenges these days, right, than in decades past, right? How do you see that play out at summer camp?

Violet PiperGUEST
There's definitely a lot more, like, therapy language in Zeitgeist that comes up a lot more and is, like... sort of funny and it's like it's like pretty funny to hear an 11 year old say like this um kind of behavior like sort of breaks a boundary for me or like that's like pretty funny i think that kids being able to talk about their feelings makes their lives better period I also think that nobody is good at resolving conflict, including adults.

Violet PiperGUEST
I think that it is so normal in so many spaces to like do this sort of pattern of behavior when you're upset at someone by like telling other people.

Violet PiperGUEST
that you're upset at them and then like waiting for it to sort of get around to that person.

Violet PiperGUEST
I think like that initial 30 seconds of telling somebody that you're unhappy with something that they did is so anxiety inducing for so many people that I think the entire world's adults, kids sort of put that off.

Violet PiperGUEST
And I find that kids being able to talk about their feelings again is so amazing for camp.

Talia SchlangerHOST
What's the best thing a kid could get out of a summer away at camp, in your opinion?