Summary: <br> What summer camp offers is the opportunity to quite deliberately place them [children]<br><br> in a very different environment, and if you are careful about that,<br><br> you can use that summer period as almost a “spiritual delousing.”<br><br> -Ron Lieber<br> In Episode 11 of the podcast, I’m talking with Ron Lieber, author of the 2015 New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-seller <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062247026/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0062247026&linkCode=as2&tag=sunshineparen-20&linkId=3eef0317e721c614c3d0e13eb2ac456c" target="_blank">The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money</a>. Lieber, father of two, has been the “Your Money” columnist for the New York Times since 2008, has a robust community and conversation on his Facebook page and an informative website. Lieber is a sought-after keynote speaker.<br> “Every money conversation is also a conversation about values.”<br><br> -Ron Lieber<br> About the book: “The Opposite of Spoiled is all about how, when and why to talk to kids about m<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062247026/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0062247026&linkCode=as2&tag=sunshineparen-20&linkId=d9b5827d4fa27181912c229f648d8cfd" target="_blank"></a>oney, whether they are 3 years old or teenagers. Written in a warm, accessible voice, grounded in real-world experience and stories from families with a range of incomes, The Opposite of Spoiled is both a practical guidebook and a values-based philosophy.”<br> In our interview, we talked about “forced deprivation,” not buying kids everything they want just because we can afford it. Because he mentioned summer camp in a section of his book titled “How Overnight Camp Can Help” (p. 187 in the paperback), I reached out to talk with Ron more about his thoughts on how summer camp experiences can help teach kids values.<br> The Stanford psychologist Lieber refers to in our interview is <a href="https://coa.stanford.edu/people/william-damon" target="_blank">William Damon</a>, author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416537244/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1416537244&linkCode=as2&tag=sunshineparen-20&linkId=126b214e0c9a81ecb4122dae482f70a4" target="_blank">The Path to Purpose: How Young People Find Their Calling in Life</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0817913645/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0817913645&linkCode=as2&tag=sunshineparen-20&linkId=692c3eceae695c9131b2fdeae8b04d60" target="_blank">Failing Liberty 101: How We Are Leaving Young Americans Unprepared for Citizenship in a Free Society (Hoover Institution Press Publication)</a>, among several other books.<br><br> <br> Where to find and follow Ron Lieber:<br> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/ron-lieber" target="_blank">“Your Money” column, New York Times</a><br> <a href="http://ronlieber.com/" target="_blank">Ron Lieber’s Website</a>: Sign up for tips on how to have more useful and meaningful family conversations about money.<br> <a href="http://ronlieber.com/books/the-opposite-of-spoiled/" target="_blank">The Opposite of Spoiled</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ronlieberauthor/" target="_blank">Facebook: Ron Lieber and The Opposite of Spoiled</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/ronlieber" target="_blank">Twitter</a>: @ronlieber<br> <br> What summer camp offers is the opportunity to quite deliberately place them [children]<br><br> in a very different environment, and if you are careful about that,<br><br> you can use that summer period as almost a “spiritual delousing.”<br><br> -Ron Lieber<br>
