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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d tell him he is going to try rock climbing camp, music camp, and karate camp. Those are long days without structure. [/quote]

If the kids is doing orchestra, a sports team and a martial art, that seems like plenty of structure? Kids are so over scheduled these days[/quote]

"These days"?? I was a kid in the 80's and 90's and went to full day camp for eight weeks a summer. As did literally everyone I knew. I didn't know ANYONE who didn't go to camp until I was in 9th grade. I'd get home from camp at 4 or 5pm and have 4 or 5 hours to hang out and play before bed. That's PLENTY of unstructured time.[/quote]

I had more a free range 90s childhood. No camps, just biking and roller skating with friends around the neighborhood. We'd get into little projects like building a treehouse or a dam across the creek but no timeline or schedule of where to go.[/quote]

This sounds great and all the rest of the kids were doing the same thing in the 80s and 90s.  There are not a lot of kids doing this anymore so not a lot of options to free range with.[/quote]

Yep. I made this mistake a year or two ago. Went very light on camp and summer activities... turns out all the other kids were busy doing camp and summer activities. Playing only really happened when people happened to be in town on the weekends or else if playdates were scheduled. [/quote]

This is why summer swim is the best thing ever!  We can show up at the pool and play with whoever is there.  Lots of parents work from the pool as well (especially true before the RTO situation).  It's not the same as playing with kids in the neighborhood, but it's close[/quote]

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