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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mine are 9 and 11, and they also beg for electronics.  Getting the Disney Circle has helped limit that, since they have a set time limit every day and once they hit it, they can't use their devices anymore.  It's also helpful to me, TBH.  I've set a daily limit for myself on a few websites and once I hit it, the Circle prevents me from accessing them.  I'm clearly awful at self-regulation, so it's super helpful!

[b]Right now my kids are playing an elaborate make-believe game in the basement with friends.  They like to do that.  Other activities they do in afternoons --
jump on the trampoline, ride bikes around the neighborhood, play legos, read books that they've picked out from the library, practice their instruments (this takes like 10 minutes MAX, let's be honest here), do summer math, complain to me about how they're bored with no electronics (this is the 9-year old's favorite activity), listen to music on Alexa, play tennis in the driveway or garage, play catch outside, have play dates with their friends, make up dance or gymnastics routines.[/b]  That's all I can think of off the top of my head.  I'm looking forward to reading other responses - maybe we'll all be inspired :)
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Ditto to all of this.  My kids also have to write in their journal and do math every day.  This takes my 11 year old a good 1-2 hours.  About 15-30 minutes of actual work and 45-90 minutes of laying on the floor saying that he can't believe he has to do math over the summer.  
My 9 year old likes to make inventions from the recycling.  So he does that while his brother is moaning on the floor.  
I also bought like 10,000 bunch o balloons when they were on sale somewhere. So a few times a day my kids all run outside to have a water balloon fight or a squirt gun fight.

Oh, and I have found that they need to have work to do in order to make the fun seem like fun.  So, I send them to pick up stuff for dinner every day.  There is a market about 1.5 miles away from our house.  I have them put on backpacks and ride their bikes down to get fish or whatever we need for dinner that night.  They also have to help fold laundry, sweep the deck, water the flowers, do the trim on the lawn, stuff like that.  So, with that, swim team, and schoolwork, they are glad to have their free time and don't whine too much when it's not on electronics.  Mine are home with me all day though.  I am not sure I would have them do all of this after a full day at camp, but maybe a few chores when they get home followed by free time outside, then dinner, then TV before bed.

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