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[quote=Anonymous][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]

We're talking about kids 13 and younger. Even at 14 and younger if kids are already engaging in risky activities there is way more going on than boredom. [/quote]

Eh. I don’t think most young teens are doing anything super risky.  But they are certainly watching a tons of YouTube garbage that can be damaging and/or suggestive for negative behaviors. Or playing video games.  If your teen doesn’t have camp, a job, or a scheduled activity they will 100% be on YouTube, social media, TikTok or playing video games all the minutes they aren’t busy and you aren’t around.  Not a great way to spend several hours per day for 10 weeks [/quote]

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