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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband grew up really poor in rural MO and he wishes he had something (anything!) to do during the summers.  Our kids went to rec camps when younger and now as teens, will work some and hit the pool and do nothing. I’m all for it.  [/quote]

What all your parents don’t seem to be getting is kids don’t “do nothing.” if they don’t have enough activity to keep them productively busy, they will get into trouble or see things online they shouldn’t or pick up bad habits. It’s human nature. If you don’t have a daily motivation to be productive in someway, you will go astray.[/quote]

I’ll report back after this summer if they’ve gone astray.

I’m not keeping them busy all the time from morning to evening like when they were younger.  They’ll work limited hours, have a few academic and sports obligations, and then hang out with friends and pool time. They bust their butts during the school year and some lazy downtime is fine by me. [/quote]

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