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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All you parents putting your kids in constant camps are laughable.

Unstructured summers are the best.  My now 14yr old has them each year and loves them.  She has been going on the metro/buses alone or with friends since 11 and can meet up with friends, pool, Smithsonian, the mall, parks, etc....  She bikes all of the time.  Last year she was a petsitter and babysitter.  Probably made about $1300 and I saved thousands not shoving her in structured babysitting.  Oh and she also made clay bracelets and sold them too.  She also had at least 15 sleepovers here and other places. 
 
She has learned a lot about herself, structuring her time, street smarts, autonomy, and made a lot of new and closer friends that SHE wanted to be friends with.  Not who she was forced to hang out with for weeks.   It just works. [/quote]

I think it’s more laughable that you’ve been a parent for 14 years and you STILL don’t understand that different things work for different kids and families.  Good grief.[/quote]

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