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[quote=Anonymous]This school break has been eye opening and I’m worried about what my 12yo will do all summer. Here are the facts:

She’s attended the same full-day summer camp since she was 5, but has aged out.

Last summer I researched alternatives for older kids, but they are way out of the area of what I’m comfortable spending/budgeting a week on summer camp. It would mean summer camp or family vacations.

We DO take two two-week-long family vacations over the summer, so that’s pretty much a full month where we have scheduled activities outside of the home.

I found a few 2-3 day themed summer clinics for kids her age, but she’s not thrilled with the idea. While she has many close friends, none can attend with her, and she’s often shy and takes some time to warm up to new people.

So now I’m left with three options:

Letting her have a carefree summer at home where I (someone who doesn’t work over the summer) try and plan a couple things outside of the house a week myself with DD,

Or skipping vacations so she can have a structured summer with day-camps and adequate socializing,

Or forcing her to attend these 2-3 day camps that she’s not interested in

I’m just worried that if we have an unstructured summer there will be too much sleeping in, too many hours spent on Roblox, etc. Please give me your honest thoughts![/quote]

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