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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]

This is THE dumbest thing I have ever heard. Almost all teens do not go away to sleep away camps for the summer (only upper middle class who don’t care about their kids and Jewish kids.)  And most teens don’t have weeks and weeks if structured activities planned by Mommy.

And almost all of these teens don’t go astray. LOL

Have you heard about this generation of college students that always cry to go home, have no idea how to structure their lives, and literally can not make it on their own? They were raised by coddling mommies who plan, take care, and structured their kids entire day for 18 years. Leaving them with zero communication skills, autonomy, street smarts, or how to handle their own lives when needed. God forbid if they are bored and have to maybe create their own fun instead of being told where to go and what to do every 30min of every day.

So please go away with your thoughts that teens need structure 24/7. [/quote]

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