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[quote=Anonymous]My son did nothing at all last summer at age 13.  He felt too old for camp and wasn't ready for a job.  It was a miserable summer.

I did institute a couple things to help the dynamic.  I told him that if he ever said "I'm bored," I would give him chores to do. We did try to head out on a few day trips ourselves and that was okay.

This school year, I told him that he would not be permitted to stay at home doing nothing over the summer.  He fought back and said that he wouldn't go to camp even if I tried to make him.  I told him that I wasn't actually giving him a choice.  Either he found a job OR he went to camp.

He got a job for six weeks of the summer working as a camp counselor.  Actually, he is a counselor in training (CIT), so he doesn't get a paycheck, but he doesn't have to pay to attend the camp.  If all goes well this summer, they will pay him as a real counselor next year.

Kids will beg and plead so that you won't force them to do anything they haven't chosen themselves.  This is one of those cases where you have to be a parent (and not a friend to them).

This year, make them go to camp for everything you signed them up for.  Don't let them sleep in and stay home.

In this instance, I have to say, "Grow a pair"!![/quote]

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