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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're both FT working parents, but our mature 10 yo kid is adamantly against summer camp. He will keep his year round karate, rock climbing and piano lessons. He's pretty much screen free except to talk to his cousins overseas, which we monitor. He talks to his friends through a Tin Can phone. He doesn't want a baby sitter either. We have a cat and a dog at home, so he won't be totally alone.

I was planning on doing some day trips, the pool, and just hang with DS if I can. I have a pretty flexible schedule in that I can loosely telework (just check emails and put out any fires) from morning till evening and just work at night. Is it ok to have an unstructured summer like this: I can get pulled away to work and DS is just hanging out or should I go against what he wants and do camps/childcare? [/quote]

A tin can phone so wut?[/quote]

It's basically a voip "land line" - it's a company that is catering to parents who don't want to get their kids cell phones but want them to be able to talk on the phone with friends.  The "tin can" is a phone shaped line a can and is $100 and costs $10/month and you have to manage access through an app. It's brilliant marketing and people like OP are massive suckers. We have an Oooma and use our 20 year old cordless phone - it costs us $6/month. I don't need to manage access to who my kids can and cannot call, we just have a list of phone numbers up on our cork board. [/quote]

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