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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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.  [b]11 yr olds aren’t out all day on their bikes with their friends. [/b] 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]

Mine are.  Thankfully swim team allows her and all of her friends the day of fun after swim practice in the AM.  They do all kinds of old-school stuff.  She will be 13 this summer but her summer is full of fun and she isn't at sleep away or paid day camps.  They bike everywhere, go on the metro to museums, go back to the pool, shopping, movie days in our basement on rainy days, etc....  And yes, she watches animals while families go on vacation.  She made $1600 last summer.

Not all families ship their kids off to camp.  Plenty of kids are around.  You are making excuses. [/quote]

You do realize plenty of families don’t have access to a walking distance neighborhood pool and “swim team” or live in a neighborhood with lots of kids around.  Your situation is not typical, so let’s not pretend it is[/quote]

You do realize all the mommies sending their kids to sleep away summer camps are UMC and UC.  So yes, they do have choices on where they live and the neighborhoods they choose for their families.

LMC and LC aren't sending their kids to ANY camps no matter where they live.  Because they can't afford it. [/quote]

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