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[quote=Anonymous]I don't believe kids need a ton of structure, and I have been blessed with (thus far) incredibly good kids. Some attitude and a bit of boundary testing, but by and large reasonable, responsible, and compliant.

They are incredibly structured and busy during the school year, so I don't mind slightly lazy summers. I let them stay home together, but we have strict rules. Only their cousins or specific close friends are permitted to come over and only at specified times. I don't mind if the majority of their day is spent watching TV/on the computer/at the pool/at a friend's house as long as chores are kept up with, family safety and accountability rules are followed, and a certain amount of schoolwork, exercise, and community service happens each week. Basically, we come up with a rough schedule that we can all live with, subject to changes and reviewed and approved every night, and then we hold each other to it. 3 years running and we have had some issues but nothing major.[/quote]

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