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[quote=Anonymous]A difference in the DC area compared to where I grew up is that a lot of families have two parents working outside the home, and thus at age 11 the kid still needs camps or some type of child care.  I also found that even though I was a SAHP for a while, beyond age 4 or so there weren't tons of kids who *weren't* in camps for my child to play with during the day.

That said, there are tons of great choices, depending on your child's interests.  My kid has done a lot of arts-related day camps - music, theatre, dance, art, etc.  There are tons of sports camps, outdoor camps, museum-based camps, coding and technology camps, just about anything you can think of.  Some people do sleep-away camps such as Girl Scouts or others.  We usually do a combination of day camps, plus a week or two of family vacation, with maybe a week of just hanging out around town if I can swing it with my work schedule.  Camps often fill up when registration opens in January or so, but there are always some that are flexible that you can add on later.

I don't know where you're living now, but my child has some expat friends who describe idyllic summers visiting relatives abroad, playing and hanging out with similar age kids with no particular schedule in what sounds like a wonderful time warp back to my childhood.  I wish that was the case in DC! [/quote]

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