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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What does middle schooler do in summer break? Camps or stay home? I don’t think they are old enough to work, but summer break is too long to stay at home. They have no transportation, so how do they spend time over summer if parents are out working? [/quote]

They can "work" in the neighborhood. Dog sit, cat sit, yardwork for neighbors, volunteer in the neighborhood, etc. [/quote]

That sounds like a lot of work for the parents. Let’s face it, we don’t live in Andy Griffith land where kids can walk around and solicit long-term jobs easily.

[b]I can afford to send my kids to fancy sleepaway camps which is the only reason I love summer vacation[/b]. Otherwise I would hate it and be stressed out.[/quote]

So you love summer because your kids are gone? At least you're honest...[/quote]

Well sleepaway only started a couple of years ago when they hit upper elementary. Before that it was fancy day camps + nanny to do the drop-offs and pick-ups. But my point is that summer is hard for working parents who don’t have these luxuries.[/quote]

i can see how summer would be hard for working parents. that said, you knew that there is no school in the summer when you had children. did you expect something to change?[/quote]

It’s attitudes like this that cause birthrates to fall.

Things [i][b] can [/b][/i] change. Maternity leave can become universal and long-lasting. Early childhood education can be subsidized. Summer break can be shortened. No need to hold ourselves to old standards just because we always have.[/quote]

I think it’s also important to remember that part of the reason that summer is so hard for working parents, is that the school year, with all of its breaks, random days off and early dismissals, and special events at the end of the school year is hard for working parents. You have no idea how hard it is to manage unless you have done it. By the time you get to summer breaks, you feel exhausted and on the verge of wearing out goodwill at work. [/quote]

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