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At ages 12 and 10 also perfect summer to learn to take on personal and household chores such as :

- Doing their laundry
- Cleaning their room/bathroom
- Making their lunches and cleaning up some days
- Rotating dinner set-up and clean up
- Learning to cook (12 year old)

Also special household jobs at times with you or DH - washing the car(s) that take them places, vacuuming/dusting the family room where they hang out with friends, raking the yard, etc. whatever works for your family.  True you are a SAHM, but that does not stand for Stay At Home Maid, and this is the summer to clearly show them the difference.   Also, they are old enough to be told there will be time each day or certain days of the week that is "Mom's Time Alone" and they are to occupy themselves.....

Also in terms of other things that may benefit them from what you indicate:

- Series of private swim lessons to refine stroking as most kids by that age do know how to swim and kids start branching out into activities involving water so you want them to be safe
- Baby Sitter class or general CPR/First Aid
- Tween library summer reading program
- Play for enjoyment as well as practice any instrument one is playing, sport one is a team member of just for fun

There were eight of us within 12 years growing up, and my folks never ever sent any of us to camp.  While we had a home on the water on Cape Cod, you can imagine that we had household responsibilities  at various times we  (my two sisters and I as were the oldest of then five boys) walked up the beach for swimming lessons, rode our bikes or walked to town for art lessons, went to beach etc.  At home on a couple of summer not on the beach, we walked into town for tennis lessons and went to neighborhood pool - which back then was a rarity.  The key is a balance between chores,  personal pursuits, open time, and time with Mom planning and/or driving.[/quote]

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