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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Drop the rope on the fighting by getting ahead of it. Sit down with them and make a loose schedule of things to get done.

The first few weeks, let them loaf.  After July 4th, tighten up ship a bit.  But also have reasonable expectations that they may just need the downtime.

Ideas:
-cleaning areas of the house (one a day)
-prepping dinner
-organizing a closet
-make a family photo album
-sign up for a class or activity
-exercise each day (walk, gym, class, pool, whatever makes sense for them)
-reading 2-3 paper novels (not on a screen)

It's good for them to have some down time and lazy summer days.  But I'd try to balance that with chores and helping the family.  If they don't want to do that, they need to find something ELSE to do.[/quote]

Not the OP. This is good. I will try to do something similar.[/quote]

We've done something similar to this the last two summers, precipitated by COVID camp closures but my daughter had been sick of camps before then and I finally caved.

Our deal has been that she had to have productive mornings or otherwise, she would need to go back to camp and that's been worth it for her. Also, our family needed the structure of knowing what was happening when since my husband and I both work.

So, her summer schedule has been M-TH:
+ early morning walk with mom (good for both of us)
+ her morning "job" -- watering our outside flowers and vegetables, she was also hired to do this for a neighbor
+ one-two hours of academics -- math, Spanish, any summer work from school, basically what is sent home from school
+ lunch
+ free afternoons -- she can do free reading (which she loves), talk/text/zoom with her friends, some personal screen time but no more than an hour a day during the week (weekends she can do more if she wants)

Fridays, if I could swing taking the day off, we would to to museums, the pool, beach, etc. Or see friends in person for those in town.

Of course, if a friend invited her to something fun, or we were on vacation, we dropped the schedule. But it has worked really well and saved us all from fighting about schedules. 
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