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These things have to be decided well in advance - it's like registering for courses in middle and high school and charting a course to a good college (which I hope you're doing).

Before school ended, you should have discussed this as a family, and thrashed out a compromise: the part in the Venn diagram where their interests, your money and your logistics coincide.

They are not allowed to do nothing.
They have to do something constructive, either structured by others (camps and classes) or themselves (in that case they have to agree to being checked every now and then by you).
They also have to keep up their academic skills, so as to start the new school year without a hitch.

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OP here.  Thank you for the kind responses. How do you chart a good course to college?  Are all of your summer activities college focused?  Starting at what age?  (DH and I went part time and finished, but not the conventional way.)  I know this sounds basic to most of you, so I really appreciate the helpful responses.  I don't know how to guide my children, frankly. DH's and my parents are deceased, so we have no guidance.  (I know many people here have their parents pay for private school and activities, but that is not where I am going with this.  I really just want to know about summer and how we can best help our children, since our house is chaos right now.) [/quote]

OP, do I have this right?  You want them to go to camps or other enriching activities, but DH is at home asleep, so even if they are signed up, he just doesn't take them?  So they do nothing all day at home?

How is the house chaos?

Can you do drop off and DH do pick up?  Or does your schedule not allow?

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