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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Poor kid.
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Sleep away camps are huge in developing independence[/b].

People like your DH shouldn't have kids if they only want to dump all their hang-ups on them.[/quote]

Actually if you let your kid stay home without devices and sent them out and about for the summer to hang with friends, earn money, have fun -  that is a lot more independence than glorified babysitting in the woods.   I mean give me a break.  The parents on DCUM that ship their kids away for camp don't do it for developing independence.  They are all entitled kids whose parents want to vacation or their nannies need a vacation.  [/quote]

You mean, they spend all day in their friends’ basements on their devices? This isn’t 1990.  11 yr olds aren’t out all day on their bikes with their friends.  Their friends are either not close by or at some type camp.  The ones that are close by (if any) are on their devices all day.  Good lunch expecting your kid to be home all day while you’re at work and expected they won’t be glued to a screen; theirs or someone else’s. Your 11 yr old might get to walk a neighbor’s dog or water some plants for a few days while they are away, but that’s about it for making money.  [/quote]

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