Should Parents Still Send Kids to Summer Camp After the Texas Tragedy?

When tragedies hit the news — natural disasters, plane crashes, fires — parents naturally start thinking about what might happen to their own children. And kids worry too about what could happen to them.

The flash flooding last week that killed more than 100 people along the Guadalupe River in central Texas, including dozens of campers and counselors at Camp Mystic, was every parent's worst nightmare. Every summer, kids hug their parents goodbye for camp, with both sides full of anxiety about what it means for children to be away from home.

Now that those normal worries are getting amplified by the news from Texas, what should parents and kids actually do?

Kids Should Still Go to Camp