Thousands of parents across the nation have put their children on buses and planes in recent weeks, sending them far from home for the first time ever for that most American coming-of-age experience: camp. A version of that now-familiar feeling has returned throughout his career, his travels, his life—and, he writes, though it’s always uncomfortable, camp prepared him for it. After I watched Josie board her plane I shuffled off, feeling empty and kind of rudderless. It was Josie calling on the flip phone we had given her for her birthday. By this point, I figured, she should be nearing camp after a long day.