What is your 14yo/rising 9th-grade son doing this summer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2 weeks CIT ; 2 weeks boy scout camp, 2 weeks vacation, 1 week Montgomery College math class, 1 week grandparents, 2 weeks sports practice..

Sorry but that sucks. When will he see his friends and just hang out? Too rigid.

[Anonymous]

Who are you to judge? Some kids need structure, and some parents want structure because they're not around to supervise.

Last summer my (not yet 14) rising 9th grader did 2 weeks of sleepaway, a bunch of tennis camp, and some art camp. He didn't want to be in the house all day, and we didn't want him in the house all day.

This summer, as a 14 yr old rising 10th grader he will be a CIT, do an online class, go to sleepaway for a few weeks and tennis camp for a few weeks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2 weeks CIT ; 2 weeks boy scout camp, 2 weeks vacation, 1 week Montgomery College math class, 1 week grandparents, 2 weeks sports practice..

Sorry but that sucks. When will he see his friends and just hang out? Too rigid.

My son has a similar schedule, his friends don't wake up until 1-2pm and he sees them from 3p-10p.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine will be learning lawn care including keeping the machinery clean and how to properly landscape/trim hedges. After that he will learn car washing and waxing, learn to pump gas and pay at the pump. In between he will learn to fish, properly clean his personal space, decide what clothes and items he needs to replace and donate. He will also be learning basic cooking skills and how to iron his own clothes.

When summer ends and before school starts, he will learn finances starting with the money he's earned from all the jobs he's worked. The amount earned will depend on how well he learned and followed up on those never ending tasks.

Then we learn how to shop.

Love!

Love too, but who is doing teaching?
I am trying to set up something for DD 13 similar.
She got some camps. But I do want some volunteering, working, learning ( not necessarily for money..)
Any idea, what places will take my daughter during summer to be free volunteer (so neither I nor them paying.)
Due to health issue she has to be in air/conditioned place most of the time...
Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Rugby league, 2 week wilderness adventure camp, family vacation, a few weekends at Lake Anna, a couple weeks of going to work with Dad at family owned restaurant (4-6 hours/day), rock climbing a few nights a week, training for the Luray Triathlon (either swim, run or bike every day).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2 weeks CIT ; 2 weeks boy scout camp, 2 weeks vacation, 1 week Montgomery College math class, 1 week grandparents, 2 weeks sports practice..

Sorry but that sucks. When will he see his friends and just hang out? Too rigid.

Are you serious? I wish I could go back to being 14 in the summer, this sounds awesome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine will be learning lawn care including keeping the machinery clean and how to properly landscape/trim hedges. After that he will learn car washing and waxing, learn to pump gas and pay at the pump. In between he will learn to fish, properly clean his personal space, decide what clothes and items he needs to replace and donate. He will also be learning basic cooking skills and how to iron his own clothes.

When summer ends and before school starts, he will learn finances starting with the money he's earned from all the jobs he's worked. The amount earned will depend on how well he learned and followed up on those never ending tasks.

Then we learn how to shop.

Love!

Love too, but who is doing teaching?
I am trying to set up something for DD 13 similar.
She got some camps. But I do want some volunteering, working, learning ( not necessarily for money..)
Any idea, what places will take my daughter during summer to be free volunteer (so neither I nor them paying.)
Due to health issue she has to be in air/conditioned place most of the time...
Thanks.

Will you be attending the volunteer opportunity with her? There are lots of places that will welcome true free volunteers. However, they do not provide supervision in a child care sense and a parent would need to be on premises. If you're going with her, state where you are looking and I'm sure DCUM can come up with some ideas.

[Anonymous]

^^^
Nope I am at work in DC and my DD is in Rockville. My DH is at work too.
That is the problem.
We want our child to learn responsibility and be helpful to society, not just sit in her room reading and fooling around..
It seems that there are almost no places that would take 13 year old...
Camps for being consular year after are not good idea...
Cleaning dished in restaurant, or helping in some shop, shelter, food bank are much better life lessons...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2 weeks CIT ; 2 weeks boy scout camp, 2 weeks vacation, 1 week Montgomery College math class, 1 week grandparents, 2 weeks sports practice..

Sorry but that sucks. When will he see his friends and just hang out? Too rigid.

Thanks for your concern..but there is plenty of free time in there. CIT program ends at 3pm. Math Class is only 2 hours a day. Sports practice is morning only. Boy Scout camp is two weeks with friends. He very excited for it all..except perhaps the math class!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^^
Nope I am at work in DC and my DD is in Rockville. My DH is at work too.
That is the problem.
We want our child to learn responsibility and be helpful to society, not just sit in her room reading and fooling around..
It seems that there are almost no places that would take 13 year old...
Camps for being consular year after are not good idea...
Cleaning dished in restaurant, or helping in some shop, shelter, food bank are much better life lessons...

The issue you is that 13 she is too young to volunteer without supervision. Your option is one of those paid leader in training programs which you said you did not want.

What about having her be a mothers helper? Paid or not that could be your choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^^
Nope I am at work in DC and my DD is in Rockville. My DH is at work too.
That is the problem.
We want our child to learn responsibility and be helpful to society, not just sit in her room reading and fooling around..
It seems that there are almost no places that would take 13 year old...
Camps for being consular year after are not good idea...
Cleaning dished in restaurant, or helping in some shop, shelter, food bank are much better life lessons...

The issue you is that 13 she is too young to volunteer without supervision. Your option is one of those paid leader in training programs which you said you did not want.

What about having her be a mothers helper? Paid or not that could be your choice.

But I am at work.
The whole point is to make her work while we are at work... And start to appreciate what other people do.
I do not need volunteer work on weekends for myself...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine will be learning lawn care including keeping the machinery clean and how to properly landscape/trim hedges. After that he will learn car washing and waxing, learn to pump gas and pay at the pump. In between he will learn to fish, properly clean his personal space, decide what clothes and items he needs to replace and donate. He will also be learning basic cooking skills and how to iron his own clothes.

When summer ends and before school starts, he will learn finances starting with the money he's earned from all the jobs he's worked. The amount earned will depend on how well he learned and followed up on those never ending tasks.

Then we learn how to shop.

Love!

Love too, but who is doing teaching?
I am trying to set up something for DD 13 similar.
She got some camps. But I do want some volunteering, working, learning ( not necessarily for money..)
Any idea, what places will take my daughter during summer to be free volunteer (so neither I nor them paying.)
Due to health issue she has to be in air/conditioned place most of the time...
Thanks.

Will you be attending the volunteer opportunity with her? There are lots of places that will welcome true free volunteers. However, they do not provide supervision in a child care sense and a parent would need to be on premises. If you're going with her, state where you are looking and I'm sure DCUM can come up with some ideas.

NP. Since when does a 13 year old require child care for herself? That's legally old enough to provide child care as a babysitter, for goodness sake. Surely she can spend a few hours a day volunteering without needing a parent at her side if her parents have deemed her responsible enough for such a thing. Do places really consider teens too young to volunteer without a parent? When I was growing up, that started to be allowed at some places (like the library, which is where I volunteered every summer) for sixth graders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^^
Nope I am at work in DC and my DD is in Rockville. My DH is at work too.
That is the problem.
We want our child to learn responsibility and be helpful to society, not just sit in her room reading and fooling around..
It seems that there are almost no places that would take 13 year old...
Camps for being consular year after are not good idea...
Cleaning dished in restaurant, or helping in some shop, shelter, food bank are much better life lessons...

The issue you is that 13 she is too young to volunteer without supervision. Your option is one of those paid leader in training programs which you said you did not want.

What about having her be a mothers helper? Paid or not that could be your choice.

But I am at work.
The whole point is to make her work while we are at work... And start to appreciate what other people do.
I do not need volunteer work on weekends for myself...

I'm 12:56 again. Just an idea off the top of my head based on my experience growing up, but what about volunteering at the library? They take 13 year old rising freshmen volunteers. http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/library/about/volunteer.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^^
Nope I am at work in DC and my DD is in Rockville. My DH is at work too.
That is the problem.
We want our child to learn responsibility and be helpful to society, not just sit in her room reading and fooling around..
It seems that there are almost no places that would take 13 year old...
Camps for being consular year after are not good idea...
Cleaning dished in restaurant, or helping in some shop, shelter, food bank are much better life lessons...

The issue you is that 13 she is too young to volunteer without supervision. Your option is one of those paid leader in training programs which you said you did not want.

What about having her be a mothers helper? Paid or not that could be your choice.

But I am at work.
The whole point is to make her work while we are at work... And start to appreciate what other people do.
I do not need volunteer work on weekends for myself...

I'm 12:56 again. Just an idea off the top of my head based on my experience growing up, but what about volunteering at the library? They take 13 year old rising freshmen volunteers. http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/library/about/volunteer.html

Or if she enjoys working with senior citizens, what about volunteering at a nursing home?
13 is the minimum age for this: https://volunteer.truist.com/mcvc/org/opp/10626006946.html

[Anonymous]

^^^
Thanks a lot for Posting Senior Center link.
I will be calling them.

Library is fine too, except my daughter is addicted to books . She actually already volunteer in school library.