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[quote=Anonymous]We started at age 14. By 13 most of the camps were no longer of interest to him and I was sick of paying for things just to "babysit" him. I agree with too much downtime/alone time isn't good either, so we have worked the summer out so the longest he goes without anything planned is a week. But its not all camps and he's home alone the majority of the time - with limits on screen time. He has chores he has to accomplish each day, and he has to exercise daily as well. He is also volunteering 12 hours a week - but can get himself to the location himself. We had a family vacation, one week long camp (soccer), volunteering. Its been a good balance of down time, alone time and being busy. Keeping him from getting isolated is important and a challenge as there aren't many kids within bike riding distance he can hang out with, when he is playing games online he's chatting with his friends. So far its been a much better summer than the year he hated the camps and I resented all of the time and money we put into them. It has been wonderful having a kid at home that is helping with the laundry, yard work and animal care.[/quote]

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