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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids didn't do much at that age.   [b]No one was available to drive them all over the place in the middle of the work day.  It was hard enough navigating band camp in the eweeks leading up to 9th grade.
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In our experience, camps typically wanted CITs to be former camp attendees anyway. They never did local day camps.

Neither one was barred from attending the college of their choice due to having a lazy summer at age 14. [/quote]

Thank you, PP. Maybe everyone on DCUM lives within easy walking distance of countless jobs and volunteer opportunities, or maybe people's WFH jobs have plenty of time to be out and about during the day, but I never understand why more people don't mention how taxing and time-consuming it is to drive kids all over the place for these activities during the workday. When my kids were that age, there were no jobs that would hire them within walking distance, and volunteer opportunities required adult supervision for those under 16. I love the idea of having teens gain work experience, but the options out there tended to increase our parental stress and workload so much that it wasn't worth it. [/quote]

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