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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn’t give my kids a choice. I simply signed them up and sent them when they were entering 3rd grade

This is their 4th summer. Do they loooove it? No. But they do enjoy it and they really like the zero phone policy. 4 weeks and no technology. They enjoy the break from the drama.

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Why do you let a 7th grader have a phone?[/quote]

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Even if you don't let your middle schooler have a phone, you can't control what the other parents allow.  Everywhere kids this age go the kids are on their phones, or viewing media and social media, and yes the posting and discussing it, etc. causes drama and becomes a focus (again, even if you don't allow it, it's all around).  My DD looooves sleepaway camp.  She #lives10for2!  She absolutely loves that phones or anything that connects to the internet is completely forbidden.  She loves that her camps is all girls as well, and it's wonderful to have another separate basket of friends (especially for girls MS age).  She spends the summer active, playing sports in a non-competitive setting, and on the lake.  And being silly and carefree.  Building friendships.  Going on wilderness trips.  And she is completely off screens and the internet AND SO IS EVERYONE ELSE AROUND HER.  There are lots of ways to build independence, be active, and make friends.  But that last piece of a truly screenfree environment is very hard to achieve these days -- I love that about sleepaway camp.

(But I fully recognize that she is well-suited for it because she is out going, naturally independent already,  and not rigid.)[/quote]

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