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Summer Schedule: Is It Too Controlling?

Summer Schedule: Is It Too Controlling?

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Emily Edlynn
May 23, 2023
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A couple of summer-related truths about parenting that nobody told me before I had school-aged kids:

1. Camps are not only budget-breakingly expensive (so much for saving money on no more daycare) but actually getting kids into camp is a Hunger Games affair. In February.

2. When camp is not happening (let’s say because of a pandemic, full camps, or aged…

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