Elizabeth Phillips

So one would think that they would want to be, you know, hold a high standard and be an example of proper hiring practices and, you know, going above and beyond what the state would require with a licensure process.

But that is just objectively not the case.

So 50 states don't require even baseline measures like a criminal background check.

Nine states don't require day camps to be licensed.

Eight states don't require residential camps to be licensed.

And in a lot of states, even where they are required to be licensed, if you're faith-based, you're exempt from that licensure process.

And so that makes me unhappy as a Christian that faith-based is held to a lesser standard.

It's like, shouldn't Christians be operating with a higher ethical standard and more excellence?

But a lot of these Christian camps, especially in Missouri, if you're a faith-based camp, you're exempt from the licensure process.

And that was true in Texas until this year, 2025, sorry.

Yeah, exactly.

Now, this isn't true of every camp, but parents need to be aware of the regulatory environment with summer camps so they can ask the right questions and decide if they want their children to be stewarded by these people that are oftentimes running for-profit businesses.

Or if it's a faith-based camp, they're held to no standard in the name of freedom of religion, which I'm all about.

But when it comes to kids, safety first.

So...

No.

After what my family's been through and after what I've researched, again, I've had to Erin Brockovich all of this.

Like, no one's doing this work.

Of course.

Um...