Im a teacher so I love it. Getting some much needed rest for the upcoming year. My kids are reading tons which is really all kids need to do over summer to keep up. Very happy we still have 6 weeks left til teachers report.

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Well, summer vacation too long because of brain drain issues, but too short for the amount of time I want with my kids.

Other countries have longer school breaks during the year and shorter summers. This is what we need to do for our children's best academic interests.

Brain drain issues.. thats a parenting issue. We supplement during the summer and enrich with sports and music. If you are concerned about your child's best academic interests put some effort into it vs. expecting the school to do it all.

We do, but it's unrealistic to expect this of all parents. My point is that other countries do it better than the US, so why do we still have this backward system?

We do because many schools in the US do not have a/c. It costs a lot of money to make that happen so until then, we continue with the way it is. Parents do very little these days in terms of education. I don't think it is unrealistic for parents to continue their child's education by something as simple as encouraging them to read. I am a teacher and maybe one out of an entire class of my students will read on our free online reading program during the summer. All of my students have internet access so this is not a barrier. Most of these students have their own tablets and phones. We send home info all year about this reading program and offer incentives if students read. Do they do it? Nope. You can lead a horse to water....

My kid doesn't need your online reading program. I take them to the library to get actual books so they don't have to spend 5 hours with terrible posture harming their eyeballs by staring at a screen.

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Anonymous wrote:
Well, summer vacation too long because of brain drain issues, but too short for the amount of time I want with my kids.

Other countries have longer school breaks during the year and shorter summers. This is what we need to do for our children's best academic interests.

Brain drain issues.. thats a parenting issue. We supplement during the summer and enrich with sports and music. If you are concerned about your child's best academic interests put some effort into it vs. expecting the school to do it all.

We do, but it's unrealistic to expect this of all parents. My point is that other countries do it better than the US, so why do we still have this backward system?

We do because many schools in the US do not have a/c. It costs a lot of money to make that happen so until then, we continue with the way it is. Parents do very little these days in terms of education. I don't think it is unrealistic for parents to continue their child's education by something as simple as encouraging them to read. I am a teacher and maybe one out of an entire class of my students will read on our free online reading program during the summer. All of my students have internet access so this is not a barrier. Most of these students have their own tablets and phones. We send home info all year about this reading program and offer incentives if students read. Do they do it? Nope. You can lead a horse to water....

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Anonymous wrote:
Well, summer vacation too long because of brain drain issues, but too short for the amount of time I want with my kids.

Other countries have longer school breaks during the year and shorter summers. This is what we need to do for our children's best academic interests.

Brain drain issues.. thats a parenting issue. We supplement during the summer and enrich with sports and music. If you are concerned about your child's best academic interests put some effort into it vs. expecting the school to do it all.

We do, but it's unrealistic to expect this of all parents. My point is that other countries do it better than the US, so why do we still have this backward system?

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Anonymous wrote:How old are your kids? When mine were younger I felt this way but now (8 and 11) I love summer.

Also, I think working parents love summer more than SAH parents.

Either way, someone else is raising their kids most of the day. They don't really care.

Such a bored, jealous little small mind. Go eat another snack.

Anonymous wrote:How old are your kids? When mine were younger I felt this way but now (8 and 11) I love summer.

Also, I think working parents love summer more than SAH parents.

Either way, someone else is raising their kids most of the day. They don't really care.

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Well, summer vacation too long because of brain drain issues, but too short for the amount of time I want with my kids.

Other countries have longer school breaks during the year and shorter summers. This is what we need to do for our children's best academic interests.

Brain drain issues.. thats a parenting issue. We supplement during the summer and enrich with sports and music. If you are concerned about your child's best academic interests put some effort into it vs. expecting the school to do it all.

Well, summer vacation too long because of brain drain issues, but too short for the amount of time I want with my kids.

Other countries have longer school breaks during the year and shorter summers. This is what we need to do for our children's best academic interests.

Working parent. I love summer. The camp my kids go to for most of the summer is great and provides lunch. I love having 10 weeks off from packing lunches! My kids are excited to try new things. We get to go to the pool a bunch. I get to take them on vacation. What’s not to love?

Anonymous wrote:I figure working parents like summer less because of the logistics and cost of camps/childcare.
I SAH and love the time with my kids (5 & 10). It always goes by way too fast. We do a lot of fun things but never all of the things we want to do.

Ditto. Summer was hard with a high stress job. Now that I'm in a flexible work situation, summer is awesome. I am taking most of it off to be home, and it's amazing. Knock on wood. Ask me again in August after more weeks of this, but so far it's flying by.

I figure working parents like summer less because of the logistics and cost of camps/childcare.
I SAH and love the time with my kids (5 & 10). It always goes by way too fast. We do a lot of fun things but never all of the things we want to do.

WOHM. Love summer. I have semi-flex hours in the summer and am able to pick them up early and go to the pool a lot.

We have a center options where it's like center-based daycare but with age-appropriate field trips, and lots of extra fun things like water days, soccer workshops, Kona Ice truck, etc.

Payments are also week to week for the oldest, which allows for camps here and there when we want it.

Working parent here. Love summer. My child enjoys the camps that he goes to. they are a great way for him to develop stronger social skills and branch out a bit. He runs and has fun during the day. I love the weekends going to the pool, going for hikes and just enjoyign the nice weather. I get that camps are not cheap but it is far better then Day Care was and he gets a lot out of them. I lvoe seeing the smile on his face and watching him grow.

Thankfully, we have flexible schedules and don’t needed extended day care. I still go in early and pick him up when camp is done. DH drops him off. Some days we get to the pool after camp, some days it is a long walk after dinner. Over all it is a good time.

For parents annoyed with the cost of extended day, check out the Reston Y, if you are in the area. Their early drop off and extended care is free. The camps are pretty reasonably priced.

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Anonymous wrote:How old are your kids? When mine were younger I felt this way but now (8 and 11) I love summer.

Also, I think working parents love summer more than SAH parents.

Working parent here - I hate summer, the logistics of multiple camps and having to pay so much more for extended day is a nightmare.

Working parent here -- same, hate summer. Hate trying to coordinate camps, having to adjust to new dropoff and pickup routines, worrying about how my kids are being taken care of in camp, dealing with kid worries/crying because it's new to them, not having enough camp days to cover the entire summer. Plus a little guilt/sadness over my kids not having lazy summer days where they don't have to get up early and be somewhere.

Anonymous wrote:How old are your kids? When mine were younger I felt this way but now (8 and 11) I love summer.

Also, I think working parents love summer more than SAH parents.

Working parent here - I hate summer, the logistics of multiple camps and having to pay so much more for extended day is a nightmare.