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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do they need to do anything?  At 13 they are old enough to stay home alone, I assume in this day and age they have a phone and we have a good public transit system.  They can go hang out with friends or hang out at home.  [/quote]

Because at 13 many kids don't want to stay home alone all day for 8-10 hours/5 days a week for weeks on end. 
Their friends are either on vacation or at summer camp.  And if they are not, no parent wants their kid coming over to a house where there are no parents for more than an afternoon.[/quote]

I didn't mean they had to stay alone all day, just meant they don't require an adult at home. They can come and go as they please, depending on transportation. I spent most of my 13-14 year old summers at my friends' houses, sometimes there were parents sometimes not, we biked up to shopping centers, parks, the beach, etc. and hung out.  I'm assuming they are in the DC metro area so there's transportation options for most of the area or they can bike to things, that's how I got around my town before I had a car (my hometown had little public transit).  I understand the issue of 'all their friends' are away, but I can't imagine EVERY single kid they know are away at the same time for the entire summer.  Plus, it's probably not a bad thing for a kid to learn how to be idle and how to pass time without being governed by a schedule or camp or their parents.  [/quote]

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