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MrsBumbleb
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a question for FT working moms with school age kids....
what are you doing with your children when school lets out? Camp? Parents?
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KittyCat
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Re: a question for FT working moms with school age kids....
Bump.. i too would like to know this and how do you not feel guilting not being able to stay home summers, like most other children  I swear I get anxiety over this. I still have 2.5 years to go, but don't plan on becoming wealthy enough to stay home in that time frame !
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| Posted 5/28/09 12:03 PM |
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BeachMom
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Re: a question for FT working moms with school age kids....
I'm blessed that we have family around to help watch my DD in the summer and on vacations. But we also do send her to summer camp and during some of the breaks from school there are camp like activities that we enroll her in. We also take turns taking days off from work when no one else is available to watch her and when there are no camps available. It's not easy, but it's managable. I try to save up as much of my time off for the summer so we can do the fun things.
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nrthshgrl
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Re: a question for FT working moms with school age kids....
Camp - with a before care & after care program.
We are also planning a family vacation but everything is up as to when/where.
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Bxgell2
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Re: a question for FT working moms with school age kids....
We do camp now, and will continue when Alex goes to public school. No guilt or anxiety here - I was a camp kid - I have absolutely no resentment against my parents for sending me to camp - those were my absolute favorite memories ever!!!
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nrthshgrl
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Re: a question for FT working moms with school age kids....
Posted by KittyCat
how do you not feel guilting not being able to stay home summers, like most other children
When I start to feel guilty, I remind myself how I used to pester my mom about how bored I was & that there was nothing to do.
Then I think of how many of hours of TV I'm not letting them watch while they are playing sports, climbing, swiming, etc.
After that, I make up for it on the weekends & after camp by doing fun things with them.
eta. if you think about it they are socializing more than kids that aren't in camp.
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hazeleyes33
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Re: a question for FT working moms with school age kids....
Random days I will take off, winter and spring break-camp, summer vacation-camp. I am taking off the beginning of the summer and the end of the summer when there is no camp.
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ml110
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Re: a question for FT working moms with school age kids....
Posted by nrthshgrl
Posted by KittyCat
how do you not feel guilting not being able to stay home summers, like most other children
When I start to feel guilty, I remind myself how I used to pester my mom about how bored I was & that there was nothing to do.
Then I think of how many of hours of TV I'm not letting them watch while they are playing sports, climbing, swiming, etc.
After that, I make up for it on the weekends & after camp by doing fun things with them.
eta. if you think about it they are socializing more than kids that aren't in camp.
ITA! I work at school- i don't have kids yet, but when i do i'll have summers off with them. i still plan on sending them to summer camp though, at least for part of the summer... i think they will have a lot of fun, get to socialize with other kids, and not be bugging me that they're bored all day long  there are so many different camps, and i think they offer a lot of great experiences for kids. i wouldn't feel guilty
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Re: a question for FT working moms with school age kids....
I always did camp full time.
7:30 til 5:30
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