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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People on here are crazy.  Teenage summers do not need to be FILLED with activities.  That is a new development within the last decade.  My teens go to the pool (not a life guards), go on bike rides, spend time with their grandparents and cousins.  They will all go to and get accepted into colleges.  [/quote]

Not new. I graduated in 1984 in flyover country. Every kid I knew (public and private school) had a summer job, and a few volunteered. [/quote]

Same in an affluent LA suburb in the 80s.  Spent my 15 yr old summer working as a 30 hr/wk babysitter, 16th in fast food, 17th at a law office.

My DS will be 15 this summer and is volunteering full-time at camp for the 3rd year in a row and plans to be paid staff next year when he's 16.

DD is 13 and had been planning to be a CIT at her favorite camp this summer but, after waiting several years for the opportunity, this year they pushed the CIT age back to 15 :(  So, she'll have to wait a couple more years.

With all the camps out there it's doesn't seem that hard to get a staff job, although kids with CIT experience are likely to be the first hired.[/quote]

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