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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sigh. All the parents of 10 year olds are weighing in again. I wish we could have a forum for actual real teens separate from “tweens.” [/quote]

I have a 17yr old and a 15 yr old. They've been home every summer since they were 10/11. No camps. Only the pool which is a 30ish minute walk. No wifi password until I got home around 5:30pm. They had to have done their chores and summer reading to get the password.

The older one got a job at age 15 as a lifeguard at another pool. I paid our college aged neighbor to drop him off at his job and I'd pick him up. My 15 yr old is taking a lifeguarding course now and hopes to get a job this summer. They both pet sat and moved lawns before age 15. My older son wrote about rescuing a kid from the pool who was drowning for his college essay. He wrote that he was terrified and incredibly focused at the same time and he never knew you could experience such two powerful and opposing emotions at the same time. Consider how much your kids aren't doing when they are on devices all of the time. [/quote]

Thanks for the details. When your kids were on the younger side (like 10-14) how much time did they spend with other kids? How did you keep track of who they were with and where they were? 
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