How are your 13 and 14 yr olds filling their time this summer?
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Anonymous
| Curious as to what your young teens are doing throughout the summer. |
Anonymous
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Mine i(rising 9th) is doing the following:
1/2 day theater program (8 weeks) 4 day sleep away camp with his school sports team 2 weeks of try outs for JV Tutoring 2 days a week in subject where he struggled this past year Going to the gym Walking the dog Sleeping a lot Eating a lot Video games a lot |
Anonymous
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Mine i(rising 9th) is doing the following:
1/2 day theater program (8 weeks) 4 day sleep away camp with his school sports team 2 weeks of try outs for JV Tutoring 2 days a week in subject where he struggled this past year Going to the gym Walking the dog Sleeping a lot Eating a lot Video games a lot |
Anonymous
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2 weeks outdoors camp
(Sleep away) 1week camping trip Reading sleeping Netflix Pool time Texting friends Occasional movie Not enough practice on instrument for lessons Some cooking/ baking/ meal prep Not enough empty the dishwasher and do own laundry, but some Learning how to get around on metro |
Anonymous
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2 weeks as a junior camp counselor
1 week with family away 3 weeks assisting in a summer sport camp half time and taking lessons the rest of the time 2 weeks visiting relatives School sports tryouts last week of summer In the meantime doing assigned summer reading, summer math, and independent study project. Also computer time, independent reading, dance practice, pool, babysitting |
Anonymous
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My rising 9th grader....
- 6 weeks as a CIT at a day camp from 8-4 M-F - 1 week family vacation - Assorted chores - About 20 minutes a night on summer workbooks in math and english to keep things a little bit fresh before he starts high school. - On the computer every other waking minute. |
Anonymous
My kids are younger, but when I was 13 my summer consisted of--going to the pool, playing Super Nintendo with my brother and our neighbors, walking to the convenience store, riding bikes, exploring in the woods behind the library, reading, watching tv. I was 13 in 1992, so it's not like I was a child of the 70s either.
 I know my kids will definitely have a summer like the kids above and not like mine at 13, but it's so different!
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Anonymous
| I'd be curious as to the 1/2 day theatre camp. Reference for the future; my kid would love this. |
Anonymous
Theatre Lab's musical theatre institute for teens -- fantastic program. |
Anonymous
| Thanks all, great ideas! |
Anonymous
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We saw this group perform last year: http://www.travelingplayers.org/
They were awesome and I can't wait until my kid's old enough to participate. |
Anonymous
| My 13 year old rising 9th grader is doing a lot of tennis camp, two weeks of sleepaway (just got home), basketball camp, family vacation, one week of hang out. But aside from that one week of hang out he is out of the house from at least 9-3 all summer. None of us would be happy with him at home. |
Anonymous
| My 14 year old rising 9th grader is spending 5 weeks doing the summer bridge program that his HS requires (M-F 8:30 - 12:30). It's pretty intense, they are taking 3 classes and have projects and homework every day. Considering this I'm letting him take the rest of the summer off from organized activities. We have lots of family stuff planned though, camping weekend, beach weekend, week long family vacation and another nearby weekend getaway. |
Anonymous
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13 YO:
2 weeks away camp 1 week chilling around house/hanging with friends 2 weeks at the beach 4 weeks as a CIT at a camp where he will hopefully by a counselor 1 week at a sports camp weekends/evenings: pools, outings with friends, outinfs with family, video games, movies, chores and avoiding school related summer projects at all costs |
Anonymous
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sailing camp just south of national.
then shipped him away for a month. |