Of course you love your children, but after a year of at-home school and what we hyperbolically claimed was “lockdown,” you also need them out of the house. And even in normal times (whatever those are), kids need to be outside. Thus the abundance of day camps that pop up every summer, now increasingly specialized. But Leadership Academy’s series of summer day camps at Nashville’s best parks keeps it simple: hiking, crafts, wildlife, getting dirty — you know, all that stuff kids love. With setups at the Warner parks, Bells Bend and Beaman (plus a sailing camp and a mountain bike camp for the older set), the kiddos get to experience the best nature Nashville has to offer, and parents get sweet, sweet relief. Your progeny will hop in the car every afternoon, yammering about kickball and crawdad hunting and plants and birds and rocks and things — and they’ll be so worn out they’ll be in bed by 7, ready to do it all again the next day.
