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[quote=Anonymous]Rising 5th grade boy. Nothing formal. Even though DH and I are big readers, he does not like to read. At all. But he reads above grade level, excels in math, gets good grades, and is in the gifted program. He gets plenty of academic challenge during the school year.

Summer is a time to chill for a kid in my opinion. As an adult, we don't have that luxury. He has a different camp each week because we both work outside the home full time. Most camps are sports based because he is high energy and loves sports. A few are STEM based - robotics, programming.

He continues taking music lessons throughout the summer (guitar) and practices when he feels like that. Evenings and weekends we hang around the house, he has play dates with friends, we run errands or spend time together. We like to watch National Geographic nature shows together. Friday nights are always family movie nights. We watch movies together in our living room with popcorn.

He does not watch TV outside of those two things but he does love to play video games and gets to play a fair amount. During the school year he is much more restrictive. He also plays travel soccer pretty much year around though we have a bit of a break right now. We also go on a vacation or maybe two. Usually to the beach for a week and maybe a shorter visit to see family.

He is 10 and so far so good. I think it's a good balance for him and for us as a family.

I am curious if most of the posters are dual working parents.[/quote]

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