When the pandemic first hit in 2020 and things locked down, I saw a lot of parents wandering around Culver City with slightly terrified looks on their faces. Raising kids is hard enough as it is, but being forced to do it without a support network of teachers, other parents or even a babysitter? My children are in their teens; I can only imagine the challenges when your child is younger and less self-reliant.

Then one day, at a park near my house, I saw what looked like a colorful day-camp...