Summer Guilt?????

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Summer Guilt?????
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Mon, 05-11-2009 - 1:51pm
If you work, do you find that summer's are the worst?

Kat

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Thu, 05-14-2009 - 1:50pm

Thanks for clarifying.

I guess I don't see anything wrong with wanting your child to have the kind of summer he wants. I've arranged my summer so that my kids can have the kind of summer they want--but it's also what I think is good for them. That doesn't mean they get everything they want or that they get to do everything when they want to do it. And if I had to woh in the summer, I'd do what I could to give them the same kind of summer. I know woh parents who want their kids to have an unstructured summer who hire college kids to sit in the summer, and I know woh parents who want their kids to go to camp all summer (and that's what the kids want too). Doesn't everybody take their kids' desires into consideration?

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Thu, 05-14-2009 - 1:51pm
The kinds of camps Crusader described are, in my area, mostly used by parents who work, who are not home to do those types of activities with their children.

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Registered: 03-06-2009
Thu, 05-14-2009 - 1:52pm
Hmmm... I don't know about that -- liza's gone from her room for a week at a time and it's pretty messy LOL
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Thu, 05-14-2009 - 1:54pm
Yep, and people who speak to other parents in their children's schools would understand as they communicate and inform them of what is going on with their children. Not sure why you would NOT speak to others. Maybe it is a social issue-?
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Thu, 05-14-2009 - 1:56pm
Yes, that's my experience too.
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Registered: 03-26-2009
Thu, 05-14-2009 - 1:56pm
I think it is easier for many people to try and ignore it IRL but will complain to perfect strangers online about it :0
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Registered: 05-08-2009
Thu, 05-14-2009 - 1:57pm

a urban/suburban/rural issue.


No the issue is that there are plenty of things kids can do to keep them busy without having to go to camp.

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Registered: 02-06-2009
Thu, 05-14-2009 - 1:57pm

"Realism" has a funny definition on this board.

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Registered: 03-26-2009
Thu, 05-14-2009 - 1:58pm
As a working mom who sends her kids to camp, ITA with you :)
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Thu, 05-14-2009 - 2:01pm

Fair enough, my words were not read as written.

PumpkinAngel

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