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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s funny how many parents program every one of their kids days now. It’s so sad. We are lucky to live in a neighborhood where kids spend the summers home. Very old school [/quote]

The difference seems to be all the mothers are working now, in the hey day they were at home. Can't leave the 8yr olds home alone, so, off to camp they go![/quote]

Many of the moms in my neighborhood worked. We were the latch key kids before there were summer camp offerings. I started coming home to an empty house at nine and was on my own all summer. There were definitely downsides to having so much freedom but we became very resilient and very independent. [/quote]

There are no latch key kids now. They are at camp.[/quote]

Forced schedulized summers equals increase in anxiety, ADHD, and depression as well as a decrease in autonomy, resilience, confidence, street smarts, and fine and gross motors skills [/quote]

Only summers though? If you want to be taken seriously don't make up words like "schedulized" to try to sound like you know what you're talking about.[/quote]

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