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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm reading all these posts about kids hanging out at the pool most of the summer. At what age is that okay if you are gone all day at work? 13? 14? DCs are still in elementary so we have to fill out every single week other than a couple of family vacation with camps and it's costing a fortune.[/quote]

The summer my kid was 11, and going into 6th grade, we did a camp each week, but stopped doing after care.  He attended camps that were a single bus ride, or had a bus drop off in walking distance, and just came home by himself.

The summers my kid was 12 and 13, and going into 7th and 8th grade, we didn't do camps during the weeks when he had sports practices for 2 or 3 hours in the afternoon.  So, he was alone for the mornings on those weeks.  If he didn't have sports practice we did camp but no after care every week.

The summer my kid was 13, and going into 8th grade, we had some activity every week, but began to substitute other things like a volunteer job, a summer school class etc . . .  instead of camp on those weeks.[/quote]

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